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This is a list of hazing deaths in the United States. This is not an exhaustive list. An exact list is not available because there is no central system for tracking hazing deaths, and the role of hazing in some deaths is subject to disagreement. Inclusion in this list requires that the incident was described by the media as a hazing-related death. Incidents involving criminal or civil proceedings that did not find a definite link with hazing may still be included if they meet this criterion.
According to the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention at the University of Maine, hazing is defined as “any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses or endangers them, regardless of a person’s willingness to participate”.[1] Although hazing is often associated with the activities that take place as a prerequisite for joining a group, it can also include activities that take place as an established member, such as the 2011 death of fraternity brother George Desdunes.
There has been at least one university hazing death each year from 1969 to 2017.[2] According to Franklin College journalism professor Hank Nuwer, over 200 university hazing deaths have occurred since 1838, with 40 deaths between 2007 and 2017 alone.[3] Alcohol poisoning is the biggest cause of death.[3]
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Hazing in Greek letter organizations is defined as any act or set of acts that constitutes hazing and occurs in connection to a fraternity or sorority.
Hazing is often cited as one of the most harmful aspects of fraternities and sororities and poses a major threat to their existence, drawing great criticism from educators and administrators.[1] As fraternities and sororities are very diverse in their structures, regulations, governing entities, and memberships, and as hazing can take on many forms, the issue of hazing within these organizations is complex and multifaceted.
Date of death | Victim | Organization | Institution | Cause of death | Notes |
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1737 | Daniel Rees | Masonic Temple in Philadelphia | Burns | [4][5] | |
1838 | John Butler Groves | Class hazing | Franklin Seminary (Kentucky) | ||
1847 | Jonathan D. Torrance | Class hazing | Amherst College | [6] | |
October 17, 1873 | Mortimer N. Leggett | Kappa Alpha Society | Cornell University | Injuries from fall | [6][7][8] |
September 19, 1885 | Edward Turnbach | Class hazing | Unknown public school in Hazleton, Pennsylvania | Kidney trauma | [9] |
June 6, 1892 | Wilkins Rustin | Delta Kappa Epsilon | Yale University | Peritonitis | [6][10][11][12] |
February 20, 1894 | Henrietta Jackson | Class hazing | Cornell University | Gassing | [6][13] |
September 29, 1898 | David C. Jones | Class hazing | Decatur High School (Decatur, Illinois) | Spine trauma | [14] |
October 27, 1899 | Edward Fairchild Berkeley | Kappa Alpha Society | Cornell University | Drowning | [6][15] |
November 22, 1899 | Martin Bergen | Class hazing | Lawrenceville Academy (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) | Peritonitis | [16][17] |
1900s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | Institution and location |
Cause of death | Notes |
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November 3, 1900 | Thomas Finley Brown | Class hazing | Porter Military Academy Charleston, South Carolina |
Internal injuries | [18][19] |
November 16, 1900 | Hugh C. Moore | Class hazing | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Neck trauma | [20] |
December 3, 1900 | Oscar Booz | Class hazing | United States Military Academy West Point, New York |
Tuberculosis | [21][22][23][24][25] |
September 15, 1903 | Ralph McBride | Secret society “L. of S.S.B” | Bluffton High School, Bluffton, Indiana | Sepsis | [18][26][27][28] |
November 8, 1903 | Martin Loew | Phi Psi Chi (Local dental fraternity) | University of Maryland, Baltimore | [29] [30] | |
1903 | Ralph Canning | Childhood hazing | Barton, Vermont | [18][31] | |
September 1904 | Frank Miller | Class hazing | Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana |
Pneumonia | [18][32] |
April 1904 | Freddie Fillwock | Class hazing | Rawson School Findlay, Ohio |
Head trauma | [33][34] |
October 28, 1905 | Stuart L. Pierson | Delta Kappa Epsilon | Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio |
Hit by train | [35] |
February 10, 1906 | William Taylor | Class hazing | A school in Lima, Ohio | Pneumonia | [18][36] |
January 3, 1906 | Cecil F. Leat | Class hazing | Hilliard High School Columbus, Ohio |
[37] | |
March 1909 | Charles Stinson | Class hazing | White School Indianapolis, Indiana |
[38] |
1910s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | Institution and location |
Cause of death | Notes |
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February 9, 1910 | Clarence W. Gore | Class hazing | University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon |
[39] | |
September 27, 1908 | Emil S. Gran | Class hazing | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts |
Spinal trauma | [40] |
September 12, 1912 | William Rand | Class hazing | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Neck laceration | [41] |
July 24, 1913 | Donald A. Kenny and Christopher Gustin | Fraternal order hazing | Loyal Order of Moose Birmingham, Alabama |
Electrocution | [42][43] |
September 19, 1913 | Francis Obenchain | Class hazing | Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana |
Broken neck | [44] |
May 26, 1914 | William Bowlus | Class hazing | St. John’s College Annapolis, Maryland |
Gunshot | [45][46] |
November 25, 1915 | Thurber Sweet | Class hazing | Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Virginia |
Spinal trauma | [47] |
October 1916 | Paul N. Blue | Class hazing | Morningside College Sioux City, Iowa |
Head trauma | [48][49] |
September 24, 1919 | Frank McCullough | Class hazing | Colgate University Hamilton, New York |
Drowning | [6][50] |
1920s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | Institution and location |
Cause of death | Notes |
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September 21, 1921 | Leighton Mount | Class hazing | Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois |
[51][52] [53] [54] [55] | |
January 6, 1925 | Reginald Stringfellow | Class hazing | University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah |
[56][57] | |
September 30, 1928 | Nolte McElroy | Delta Kappa Epsilon | University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas |
Electrocution | [6][58][59] |
1930s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | Institution and location |
Cause of death | Notes |
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September 13, 1931 | Lloyd Aune | Class hazing | Stout Institute Menomonie, Wisconsin |
Spinal injury | [60][61] |
April 11, 1935 | Richard Beitzel | Phi Delta Theta | Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
Sepsis | [62][63] |
February 25, 1936 | Taylor Lewis | High school fraternity | Unnamed high school Miami, Florida |
In November 1934, Taylor was struck on the hip and spine with a heavy plank during a hazing session. He died a little over a year later at the age of 17. He was confined to the hospital for most of the time between his injury and his death.[64] |
1940s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | Institution and location |
Cause of death | Notes |
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March 10, 1940 | Hubert L. Spake, Jr. | Theta Nu Epsilon | University of Missouri–Columbia Columbia, Missouri |
Suffocation | Spake died following a fraternity initiation ceremony in which he imbibed heavily. He was found face down in bed and was ruled to have suffocated on his pillow.[6][65] |
October 6, 1943 | Wayne Rogers | Class hazing | Appleton High School Appleton, Wisconsin |
15-year-old sophomore Rogers was assaulted on a church lawn during the evening of September 7, 1943 (the first day of school) by a group of seven others, including seniors from his school as well as a junior high school student and students from St. Norbert College.[66] They clipped hair from his body and applied oil of wintergreen to his skin. His face began swelling, and he went into convulsions from which he did not recover.[67] An investigation into the death was launched, concluding with an official ruling that the death was due to an unrelated case of nephritis.[66] Rogers’ parents were “extremely dissatisfied” with the conclusion, alleging that an autopsy was not performed on their son and the county coroner had not even been notified of the death.[68] | |
February 19, 1945 | Robert Perry | Phi Beta Pi | Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri |
Immolation | Perry died a day after he was critically injured in a fire that occurred during his fraternity initiation ceremony. His nude body was coated with a flammable substance: a lampblack and collodion mixture. Electrical shocks were administered to his skin. An induction coil short-circuited, lighting him on fire.[6][69][70] |
February 20, 1945 | Jack P. Jarosz | Military | US Navy | Electrocution | Lt. Thomas H. Fike was found guilty of “conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline” before a general court-martial following the death of Jarosz during a “shellback” ceremony, in which the sailor was told to touch the brass prongs of a trident when he gave a wrong answer. The intent was to cause a mild shock. Another sailor had undergone the same ceremony prior to Jarosz and suffered no ill effects. The ship’s electrician testified that Fike told him to take all precautions in installing the device and that he witnessed Fike testing it out himself, finding the shock to be mild. Fike was acquitted of manslaughter and neglect charges.[71] |
January 26, 1946 | LeRoy Robert Bragg and Stanford Fluitt | Military | SS Frederick Galbraith | Saltpeter overdose | Crew members Bragg, 14, and Fluitt, 16, died aboard the ship from an overdose of saltpeter during a traditional equator crossing initiation. Crew members who had never crossed the equator were referred to as “pollywogs” and were promoted to “shellback” status following the crossing. During the shellback ceremony, the boys were blindfolded then marched out onto the deck, where they had numbers painted on them. They were then marched back into the mess hall to wait their turn for the next phase of the initiation, which involved drinking the saltpeter mixed with water. Bragg had obtained work on the ship illegally using fraudulent paperwork stating he was 17.[72][73] |
April 5, 1948 | James Peterson | Senior honorary society | Montana State University Bozeman, Montana |
Gunshot | As part of the initiation ceremony for the society, Peterson and other pledges were instructed to break into the campus heating plant to sound a whistle. A night watchman fired a pistol to “bluff” the students, killing Peterson.[74] |
1950s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | University | Cause of death | Notes |
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May 3, 1950 | Dean Niswonger | Alpha Tau Omega | Wittenberg College | Hit by a vehicle | Niswonger and fellow pledge Jerry Wendell were taken out into the country as part of a hazing ritual in which they were to find their way back to campus. They decided to sit down on the road to wait for a ride, fell asleep, and Niswonger was hit by a truck.[75] |
Weekend of October 7–8, 1950 | Gerald Foletta | Sigma Pi | University of California, Berkeley | Hit by a vehicle | Foletta was pledging Sigma Pi when he was driven out into the country to find his way back to campus. He was hit by a vehicle while walking back to the university.[76] |
March 1, 1951 | Allen Kaplan | Class hazing | Northwestern State College | As part of a class hazing prank, Kaplan was told he was being set up on a blind date atop a bluff overlooking the Red River. There was no blind date, but another student jumped out from behind a bush, pretending to be the date’s enraged husband holding a shotgun. He fired the gun into the air. The rest of the boys ran back to campus, but Kaplan never returned. it is unclear what happened next, but he was later found in the river below the bluff.[77] | |
May 25, 1951 | Fred Evens, Jr. and Thomas Kleppner | Lambda Chi Alpha | University of Miami | Hit by a vehicle | Pledges Evens and Kleppner were taken 30 miles away from campus and told to find their way back. They fell asleep on the roadway and were struck by a vehicle. Kleppner was killed instantly, while Evens succumbed to his injuries several days later on May 30.[78][79] |
October 22, 1953 | Calvin Dougherty | Class hazing | Milligan College | 17-year-old Dougherty was injured in a race ordered by upperclassmen when he ran into a tennis cable. His pancreas ruptured and spleen had to be removed. He died several days later.[80] | |
February 10, 1956 | Thomas Clark | Delta Kappa Epsilon | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Drowned | Clark was taken to a remote spot and told to find his way back to campus. He fell through the ice covering a reservoir and drowned.[81] |
October 7, 1957 | Max Caulk | Delta Tau Delta | Santa Barbara College | Drowned | Caulk drowned during a fraternity ritual in which he was thrown from the pier into the ocean.[82] |
May 19, 1959 | Henry Sherwood | Letterman’s club | Yakima High School (Yakima, Washington) | Drowned | Sherwood died from drowning during a session in which he and other initiates were wearing burlap sacks and being paddled in the water. His disappearance went unnoticed for several minutes. His body was located, but revival efforts were not successful.[83][84] |
September 17, 1959 | Richard Swanson | Kappa Sigma | University of Southern California | Choking | Kappa Sigma pledges were told to swallow a quarter-pound piece of raw liver soaked in oil, without chewing. The meat lodged in Swanson’s throat, and he began choking. The fraternity brothers did not tell police and ambulance workers about the hazing ritual, and instead attributed Swanson’s respiratory distress to a “nervous spasm”. He died two hours later.[85] The incident inspired the 1977 film Fraternity Row, as well a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode titled “Pledging Mr. Johnson”.[86] |
1960s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | University | Cause of death | Notes |
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September 11, 1963 | Michael Murphy | High school band | Charleston High School, Charleston, West Virginia | Fifteen-year-old Murphy was killed in a band initiation incident in which three fellow band members were striking his stomach in at attempt to give him a “pink belly”.[87] | |
August 1966 | Lamonte R. Jenkins | Football team | Roman Catholic High School (Philadelphia) | Drowning | 17-year-old Jenkins drowned following a hazing incident in which he was thrown into the water by teammates.[88] |
October 9, 1967 | John Clifton | Baylor Chamber of Commerce | Baylor University | Cardiac arrest | Clifton died following an initiation ritual in which he was told to drink a concoction of five different kinds of laxatives and garlic and then run in place.[89] He regurgitated the concoction and then aspirated it, causing significant damage to his larynx and trachea. He began to have difficulty breathing while running and soon collapsed. He suffered a hemorrhage in his lungs and died of cardiac arrest.[90] |
February 8, 1969 | Scott Graeler | Stag Club | Muskingum College | Heart failure | Graeler, a college football player, died of heart failure following an initiation ceremony. The details of the ceremony were not disclosed, but his death was ruled to have been caused by overexertion.[91] The president of the club, John Falcon, was convicted and fined $100 on a charge of excessive hazing.[92] |
1970s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | University | Cause of death | Notes |
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March 1970 | Donna Bedinger | Alpha Gamma Delta | Eastern Illinois University | Head trauma | Bedinger and another female student were driven to a wooded area three miles away from Eastern Illinois University and left as the other sorority members drove away. The ritual was known as “pledge sneak”. Bedinger ran after the vehicle and tried to catch its rear bumper but missed, striking her head on the road. She died a few days later.[93] |
December 22, 1972 | Fred Bronner | Chi Chi Chi | Los Angeles Pierce College | Three fraternity members dropped Bronner off on a secluded road with the intention that he would hike back to campus, approximately 10 miles. They told him to think about how “obnoxious” he was. He was found eight days later at the bottom of a 500-foot cliff in Angeles National Forest.[94] | |
September 13, 1973 | Mitchell Fishkin | Delta Phi | Lehigh University | Fishkin’s fraternity brothers intended to drive the pledge to the other side of the mountain, then make him walk back to the fraternity. En route, he jumped from the moving vehicle and died.[95] | |
November 12, 1974 | William Flowers | Zeta Beta Tau | Monmouth College (New Jersey) | Buried alive | Flowers, along with other pledges, was digging a deep hole in the sand (said to be a symbolic grave), when the walls collapsed and Flowers was buried, causing his death. His death spurred an anti-hazing statute in New York.[96] Flowers would have been the first black member of ZBT at Monmouth had he survived.[97] |
September 12, 1975 | Theodore Ben | Class hazing | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | Head trauma | Freshman Theodore Ben was killed following a class hazing ritual. He slammed into a wall while carrying another student up and down a hallway, a hazing ritual known as a “dog line”. His skull was fractured and he fell into a coma. He died four days later at the hospital.[98][99] |
August 23, 1976 | Samuel Mark Click | Pi Kappa Alpha | Texas Tech University | Hit by train | Click was killed during a scavenger hunt as part of a hazing event. He was attempting to collect a letter that was under a railroad tie. He was hit by a train and killed.[6] |
1976 | Dennis Rodenbeck | Phi Gamma Delta | Iowa State University | Allergic reaction | Rodenbeck died from an allergic reaction after drinking massive quantities of liquor and beer. The chapter was investigated, but no charges were placed.[6] |
November 5, 1976 | Thomas Fitzgerald | Pershing Rifles | St. John’s University | Chest wound | Fitzgerald was a student at another university who had applied for admission into St. John’s and the Pershing Rifles. He was kidnapped and intimidated with a bayonet when the blade accidentally pierced his chest, killing him.[6] |
April 21, 1977 | Robert Brazile | Omega Psi Phi (not recognized by national fraternity) | University of Pennsylvania | Heart attack | Brazile died of a heart attack following weeks of intense hazing that included beatings, paddling, being forced to run long distances, and sleep deprivation.[6] |
February 5, 1978 | Nathaniel Swinson | Omega Psi Phi (not recognized by national fraternity) | North Carolina Central University | Swinson died following a hazing ritual in which he was forced to run several miles and complete a grueling exercise routine. Swinson had sickle cell anemia, which was exacerbated by the strenuous workout.[100] | |
February 24, 1978 | Chuck Stenzel | Klan Alpine | Alfred University | Alcohol intoxication | Stenzel (some sources list his surname as Stevens) was awoken and taken with other pledges, stripped, placed in the trunk of a car, and told to drink a pint of Jack Daniel’s, a six-pack of beer, and a bottle of wine between them. Three of the men were unconscious when they opened the trunk. He was left in his dorm for several hours until they finally brought him and two other unconscious pledges to the hospital. The other two men regained consciousness after 72 hours, but Stenzel died of severe pulmonary edema.[93][101] |
January 11, 1979 | Bruce Wiseman | Theta Xi | Louisiana State University | Hit by a car | Wiseman and six other pledges were in the middle of an initiation ceremony in which they were guided blindfolded down a highway. Their fraternity brothers, who were guiding them, attempted to get them off of the road when a car approached, but they failed to do so in time and the group was hit. Wiseman was killed and three others suffered broken legs.[102] |
1980s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | University | Cause of Death | Notes |
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August 31, 1980 | Steve Call | Delta Kappa Phi | University of Lowell | Hyperthermia | Call was required to perform extensive calisthenics as part of his pledging.[103] |
January 25, 1980 | Lurie “Barry” Ballou | Sigma Nu | University of South Carolina | Choking as a result of alcohol intoxication | Ballou choked to death on his own vomit after he passed out from drinking massive quantities of alcohol in a drinking ritual as part of his pledging. His blood alcohol content (BAC) was 0.46 when he died.[104] |
April 2, 1980 | Joseph Parella | Delta Kappa (local fraternity) | Ithaca College | Heatstroke | Parella died after undergoing a long-standing initiation tradition of calisthenics. One source described the events as taking place in a steam room.[6] Another lists Delta Kappa fraternity’s initiation rites as involving the 14 pledges doing 100 pushups, running up and down a steep hill, doing 100 more pushups, then sprinting up and down the hill again. Parella began having trouble breathing, so the fraternity brothers carried him into the hallway and removed his clothing to cool him off. He continued to decline, prompting them to administer CPR and called an ambulance.[105] |
1981 | Rick Cerra | FEX (local fraternity) | University of Wisconsin–Superior | Cerra collapsed and died after being forced to do calisthenics while wearing heavy clothing on a hot day.[6] | |
March 29, 1982 | Victor Siegel | Alpha Omega Lambda | Towson State University | Traffic collision | Sleep deprivation stemming from hazing rituals was considered to be a contributing factor. At the time of his death, Siegel was wearing a Playboy Bunny costume and driving to get signatures of alumni as part of the pledging requirements.[6] |
1983 | Vann Watts | Omega Psi Phi | Tennessee State University | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.52) | A member of his pledge class said that he had been beaten with switches as well and his head had been shaved. Other members denied the allegation.[6] |
1984 | Bruce Ward Goodrich | Corps of Cadets | Texas A&M University | Heatstroke | Goodrich died of heatstroke after performing strenuous calisthenics. Another student was found guilty of destroying evidence (a company exercise schedule) and three others pleaded guilty to hazing charges.[6] |
1984 | James Lenaghan | Zeta Chi | American International College | Lenaghan died after a ritual involving eating small plates of spaghetti followed with large quantities of wine. Other fraternity members placed him in a bathtub after he lost control of his bowels, unaware that this was a sign of impending death. His BAC was 0.48 at the time of death.[6] | |
1984 | Jeffrey Franklin Long | Tau Gamma Theta (local fraternity)[106] | California State University, Chico | Hit by a car | On the night of Long’s death, pledges were encouraged to consume two gallons of wine before participating in a drag race. Long was struck by a vehicle driven by another pledge.[6] |
1986 | Mark Seeberger | Phi Kappa Psi | University of Texas at Austin | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.43) | Seeberger died of alcohol poisoning after he and two other Phi Kappa Psi pledges participated in a fraternity hazing ritual where they were handcuffed in a van and made to consume 16 to 20 ounces (~530 mL) of rum.[107] |
February 13, 1988 | James Callahan | Lambda Chi Alpha | Rutgers University | Pledges of Lambda Chi Alpha were encouraged to drink large amounts of alcohol in an attempt to make them sick. An autopsy confirmed that Callahan had a BAC of 0.434 when he died.[96] | |
1989 | Joel Harris | Alpha Phi Alpha | Morehouse College | Harris died following a hazing ritual in which pledges were required to recite historical events of the fraternity and physically punished for errors. Harris eventually collapsed during a ritual involving slaps, blows, and punches. The ritual lasted between three and five hours. Harris was found to have an abnormal heart rhythm linked to congenital heart disease. As a result of his death, Alpha Phi Alpha voted to halt pledging within the fraternity, instead of allowing members to join directly.[100] |
1990s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | University | Cause of Death | Notes |
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October 19, 1990 | Nick Haben | Lacrosse club | Western Illinois University | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.34) | Haben died of alcohol poisoning. He participated in drinking games required for admission into the lacrosse club and was found dead in his dorm room the next morning. Haben’s teammates said they had carried him there just before midnight, and propped him up with pillows with his face toward the floor, so he wouldn’t choke if he vomited. His BAC was 0.34 at the time of his death.[108] |
1991 | Mike Nisbet | St. Pat’s Board | University of Missouri, Rolla | Choking while intoxicated with alcohol | Nisbet was found dead after choking to death on his own vomit after a ritual drinking game required of initiates into St. Pat’s Board, an organization on campus which raised money for the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration.[6] |
March 31, 1992 | Gregory R. Batipps | Alpha Phi Alpha | University of Virginia | Traffic collision | Batipps died in a car accident after falling asleep behind the wheel. His roommate told police that Batipps had been deprived of sleep during pledging activities, returned home at 3 am, and leaving a few hours later at 7:30.[109] |
1992 | J.B. Joynt | Phi Sigma Kappa | Frostburg State University | Joynt died following a pledge sneak in which pledges were rough-housing with members.[6] | |
1993 | Chad Saucier | Phi Delta Theta | Auburn University | Alcohol intoxication | Death from alcohol intoxication following an annual bottle exchange between members and pledges.[6] |
1994 | Leslie Ware | Alpha Phi Omega (not recognized by national fraternity) | Alcorn State University | Shot to death | Ware was shot at 1 am while stealing a chair, by the boyfriend of the chair’s owner. The surviving pledges originally said they were retrieving the chair for a member who requested it, but subsequently changed their statement, claiming they were pulling a prank on their own. The chapter was banned and officially inactive at the time.[6] |
1994 | Terry Linn | Delta Chi | Bloomsburg University | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.40) | Linn died of alcohol poisoning following Delta Chi’s pledging “hell night”. His BAC was 0.40.[6] |
February 14, 1994 | Michael Davis | Kappa Alpha Psi | Southeast Missouri State University | Polytrauma after a brutal hazing | Davis died after being brutally beaten as part of a hazing ritual. He was unconscious when he was driven home and put to bed. He had broken ribs, a lacerated kidney, a lacerated liver, and bruises all over his chest, neck, back, and arms. He died from bleeding in his brain.[110] |
February 10, 1997 | Binaya Oja | Theta Chi | Clarkson University | Alcohol intoxication | As part of Oja’s initiation, pledges gathered in a semicircle around a bucket and were instructed to take turns drinking hard liquor. If any pledges did not drink the liquor fast enough, they were instructed to guzzle a full glass of beer. The point of the game was allegedly for pledges to drink to the point of vomiting. Oja was found dead the following morning. News reports suggested that he was pressured heavily to drink, but other pledges and various sources both within and connected to Theta Chi reported that Oja was drinking more than the others in an attempt to impress members of the fraternity and that some fraternity brothers tried to convince him to stop drinking.[86] |
September 29, 1997 | Scott Krueger | Phi Gamma Delta | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Alcohol intoxication | Krueger died of alcohol intoxication as part of a ritual celebration intended to forge a bond between each freshman and an upper-class mentor. The freshmen at the party were required to collectively consume a certain amount of liquor. M.I.T. officials were reluctant to call it hazing.[111] |
November 11, 1998 | Jack Ivey | Phi Kappa Sigma | University of Texas at Austin | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.46) | Ivey’s parents alleged that fraternity members tricked their son into drinking too much, stripped him down to his underwear, and tied him up before driving him around in the back of a truck on the night of his death in 1998. He died of alcohol intoxication, with a BAC of 0.46. Phi Kappa Sigma settled with his parents for $2 million.[112] |
December 11, 1999 | Kevin Lawless | Sigma Tau Omega | Iona College | Alcohol intoxication | Lawless collapsed and died following the consumption of “large quantities of beer, wine, and vodka” at a bar and later at the apartment of one of the fraternity brothers. Another freshman passed out but recovered.[113] |
March 15, 1999 | Stephen Petz | Knights of College Leadership (local fraternity) | Ferris State University | Alcohol intoxication | [114] |
2000s
Date of death | Victim | Organization | University | Cause of Death | Notes |
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October 6, 2000 | Adrian Heideman | Pi Kappa Phi | California State University, Chico | Choking as a result of alcohol intoxication | [115] |
Jan. 29, 2001 | Joseph T. Green | Omega Psi Phi | Tennessee State University | Asthma attack after intense exercise | [93] |
November 4, 2001 | Chad Meredith | Kappa Sigma | University of Miami | Drowning, while intoxicated with alcohol | [93] |
October 10, 2002 | Albert Santos | Pi Kappa Alpha | University of Nevada, Reno | Drowning | [116][117] |
February 12, 2002 (date found) | Benjamin Klein | Zeta Beta Tau | Alfred University | Apparent suicide after brutal hazing | [118] |
February 14, 2002 | Daniel Reardon | Phi Sigma Kappa | University of Maryland, College Park | Alcohol intoxication | [120] |
September 9, 2002 | Kristin High and Kenitha Saafir | Alpha Kappa Alpha | California State University, Los Angeles | Drowning | [121] |
March 12, 2003 | Walter Dean Jennings | Psi Epsilon Chi | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | Water intoxication | [122] |
Oct. 20, 2003 | Kelly Nester | Sigma Kappa Omega | Plymouth State University | Traffic collision | [123] |
September 17, 2004 | Gordie Bailey | Chi Psi | University of Colorado at Boulder | Alcohol intoxication | [124] |
November 18, 2004 | Steven David Judd | Delta Chi | New Mexico State University | Alcohol intoxication | |
November 25, 2003 | Shawn Davis | Occupational hazing | Republic Energy Drilling Company | Polytrauma | [125] |
March 8, 2004 | William James | Southside Masonic Lodge, Patchogue, New York | Freemasons | Shot to death | [126] |
February 2, 2005 | Matthew Carrington | Chi Tau (local) | California State University, Chico | Water intoxication | [93][127] |
Aug. 28, 2005 | Kenny Luong | Lambda Phi Epsilon | University of California, Irvine | As a result of intense exercise | [128] |
December 10, 2005 | Phanta “Jack” Phoummarath | Lambda Phi Epsilon | University of Texas at Austin | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.41) | [93] |
January 8, 2006 | Danny Ray Daniels | Phi Gamma Delta | California State University Fresno | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.34) | [129][130][131] |
November 17, 2006 | Tyler Cross | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | University of Texas at Austin | Polytrauma due to falling after alcohol intoxication | [132] |
March 30, 2007 | Gary DeVercelly | Phi Kappa Tau | Rider University | Alcohol intoxication | [93][133] |
November 8, 2008 | Brett Griffin | Sigma Alpha Mu | University of Delaware | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.341) | |
October 5, 2008 | Johnny D. Smith | Delta Tau Delta | Wabash College | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.40) | [134][135] |
November 18, 2008 | Harrison Kowiak | Theta Chi | Lenoir-Rhyne University | Head injury | [93] |
November 20, 2008 | Michael Starks | Sigma Nu | Utah State University | Alcohol intoxication | [93] |
December 2, 2008 | Carson Starkey | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | California Polytechnic State University | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.39–0.44) | [93] |
March 1, 2009 | Arman Partamian | Pigs (unofficial local fraternity) | State University of New York at Geneseo | Alcohol intoxication(BAC 0.55) | [93][136] |
October 21, 2009 | Donnie Wade | Phi Beta Sigma | Prairie View A&M University | Acute exertional rhabdomyolysis | [137] |
2010s
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Attorney Reshard Alexander – Big Rig Bull Texas Truck Accident Lawyer represents clients in all Texas counties, including: Anderson County Truck Accident Lawyer, Andrews County Truck Accident Lawyer, Angelina County Truck Accident Lawyer, Aransas County Truck Accident Lawyer, Archer County Truck Accident Lawyer, Armstrong Truck Accident Lawyer, Atascosa County Truck Accident Lawyer, Austin County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bailey County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bandera County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bastrop County Truck Accident Lawyer, Baylor County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bee County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bell County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bexar County Truck Accident Lawyer, Blanco County Truck Accident Lawyer, Borden County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bosque County Truck Accident Lawyer, Bowie County Truck Accident Lawyer, Brazoria County Truck Accident Lawyer, Brazos County Truck Accident Lawyer, Brewster County Truck Accident Lawyer, Briscoe County Truck Accident Lawyer, Brooks County Truck 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