The Big Pi Award is awarded to alumni Brothers who are held in high esteem by virtue of outstanding accomplishment which brings honor to the Brother and Pi Lambda Phi. It is the “lifetime achievement award” for Pilam and the Big Pi Chapter has become a “who’s who” of well-regarded and famous Pilam alumni.
| 1950 | Dr. Jerome Alexander | NY Beta |
| 1950 | Hon. Peter Bercovitch | CN Eta |
| 1950 | Louis Broido | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 1950 | Bennett Cerf | NY Alpha |
| 1950 | Hon. David Croll | CN Kappa |
| 1950 | Simon Fabian | NY Gamma |
| 1950 | Arthur Garfield Hays | NY Alpha |
| 1950 | Stanley Kramer | NY Gamma |
| 1950 | Elliot Lawrence | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1950 | Jerome K. Ohrbach | NY Delta |
| 1950 | Al Rosen | FL Omega Eta |
| 1950 | Richard Savitt | NY Delta |
| 1950 | Budd Schulberg | NH Pi |
| 1950 | Arthur Schwartz | NY Gamma |
| 1950 | Hon. Laurence A. Steinhardt | NY Alpha |
| 1950 | Dr. David Tanchester | NY Gamma |
| 1950 | Samuel Temkin | RI Phi |
| 1951 | Richard Blum | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1951 | Dr. Henry Goldman | RI Phi |
| 1951 | Hon. Moses Hartman | NY Alpha |
| 1951 | Joseph C. Hyman | NY Alpha |
| 1951 | Herbert Kaus | NY Alpha |
| 1951 | Dr. Morton Mendels | CN Eta |
| 1951 | Hon. Samuel Null | NY Beta |
| 1951 | Dr. Alexander Silverman | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 1951 | Dr. Max Tishler | MA Xi |
| 1951 | Dr. Joseph Weil | FL Delta |
| 1951 | William Zeckendorf | NY Gamma |
| 1952 | Leon Falk | CT Iota |
| 1952 | Dr. William Haber | MI Epsilon |
| 1952 | Hon. Leffert Holz | NY Gamma |
| 1952 | Henry Legum | VA Psi |
| 1952 | Arthur Loew | NY Gamma |
| 1952 | David Loew | NY Gamma |
| 1952 | Hon. Aaron Steuer | NY Alpha |
| 1953 | Robert M. W. Vogel | NY Alpha |
| 1953 | David Weshner | NY Gamma |
| 1953 | Jack Yellen | MI Epsilon |
| 1954 | Oscar Hammerstein II | NY Alpha |
| 1954 | Richard Rodgers | NY Alpha |
| 1955 | Irvin Ashkenazy | FL Delta |
| 1955 | Allan Bronfman | CN Eta |
| 1956 | Hon. Leo Weinrott | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1957 | Joseph Lipton | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1957 | E. Albert Pallot | FL Delta |
| 1957 | Archie Slawsby | MI Epsilon |
| 1957 | Leonard C. Wien | NY Gamma |
| 1958 | George Bloom | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 1958 | Hon. Joseph S. Gerber | IL Tau Delta |
| 1958 | Paul H. Marks | FL Delta |
| 1958 | Rep. Sidney Yates | IL Omicron |
| 1959 | Louis P. Myers | OK Iota |
| 1961 | S. Robert Shampania | MO Pi |
| 1962 | Edgar Kohnstamm | NY Gamma |
| 1963 | Mortimer M. Caplin | VA Omega Alpha |
| 1963 | Rafer Johnson | CA Upsilon |
| 1963 | Sandy Koufax | OH Mu |
| 1963 | Abby Mann | PA Alpha Delta |
| 1965 | Gerald Bronfman | CN Eta |
| 1965 | Howard Cosell | NY Gamma |
| 1965 | Jules Lennard | WI Omega |
| 1965 | Tony Martin | OH Mu |
| 1966 | Rudy LaRusso | NH Pi |
| 1966 | Sen. Arlen Specter | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1971 | Theodore Key | CA Tau |
| 1971 | Adam Rosenthal | MO Pi |
| 1972 | Theodore Kheel | NY Delta |
| 1973 | Dr. Bernard Loft | FL Delta |
| 1973 | Morris V. Rosenbloom | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 1974 | Hon. Robert Shevin | FL Delta |
| 1975 | Albert H. Blumenthal | VA Psi |
| 1975 | Barry Farber | NC Omega Beta |
| 1975 | Dr. Abraham L. Gitlow | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1975 | Hon. Arthur Markewich | NY Delta |
| 1975 | Dr. Richard Silver | NY Delta |
| 1976 | Harrison Dillard | OH Beta Tau |
| 1978 | Dr. Richard P. Feynman | MA Theta |
| 1978 | Hon. Nathan Jacobs | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1981 | Harvey Burstein | NE Chi |
| 1984 | Bertram Gerstein | CN Kappa |
| 1984 | Hon. Edwin Goodman | CN Kappa |
| 1984 | Milton M. Kutsher | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1984 | Dr. Nathan Levinne | CN Kappa |
| 1984 | Randy Grossman | PA Alpha Delta |
| 1984 | Irving Mondschein | NY Gamma |
| 1985 | Marshall M. Holleb | WI Omega |
| 1987 | Sen. Herbert Kohl | WI Omega |
| 1987 | Stephen Marcus | WI Omega |
| 1987 | Allan H. “Bud” Selig | WI Omega |
| 1990 | Dr. George S. Ansell | NY Kappa Tau |
| 1991 | Jack M. Fine | CN Kappa |
| 1992 | Hon. Raymond Ehrlich | FL Delta |
| 1992 | Mandell Glicksberg | FL Delta |
| 1992 | Stanley L. Lopata | MO Pi |
| 1992 | Hon. Edward G. Rendell | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1992 | Sanford J. Spitzer | MO Pi |
| 1994 | Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 1994 | Rep. Eliot Engel | NY Alpha Mu |
| 1994 | Stephen A. Janger | OK Iota |
| 1994 | Dr. Marshall Nirenberg | FL Delta |
| 1995 | Clarence Becker | WI Omega |
| 1995 | Jack Dreyfus | PA Lambda |
| 1995 | David Green | PA Lambda |
| 1995 | Elliot Lehman | WI Omega |
| 1995 | Stanley W. Rosenkranz | FL Delta |
| 1995 | Arthur J. Rothkopf | PA Sigma |
| 1995 | Derald Ruttenberg | WI Omega |
| 1995 | Marshall J. Stone | IL Omicron |
| 1995 | Paul Verkuil | VA Psi |
| 1996 | Alvin Cassel | FL Delta |
| 1996 | Norman Goldenberg | FL Delta |
| 1996 | Malcolm R. Kirschenbaum | FL Delta |
| 1996 | Dr. Michael Moskow | PA Sigma |
| 1996 | Arthur Pancoe | WI Omega |
| 1996 | Mandell Shimberg | WI Omega |
| 1996 | William J. Weisz | MA Theta |
| 1997 | Dr. Murray Feingold | PA Tau Omega |
| 1997 | John Finnerty | IN Alpha Delta |
| 1997 | Max Fisher | OH Alpha Epsilon |
| 1997 | Daniel Golden | PA Sigma |
| 1997 | Bernard A. Goldhirsh | MA Theta |
| 1997 | Harry Kalker | MA Theta |
| 1997 | Robert H. Levi | TX Alpha Sigma |
| 1997 | Hon. Richard L. Price | VA Lambda Kappa |
| 1997 | Lawrence J. Ramer | PA Sigma |
| 1997 | L. Dennis Shapiro | MA Theta |
| 1998 | John L. Braxton | PA Omega Gamma |
| 1998 | Ray Evans | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1998 | Harvey M. Meyerhoff | WI Omega |
| 1998 | Jerrold Robinson | VA Omega Alpha |
| 1998 | Leigh Steinberg | CA Upsilon |
| 1999 | Fredric G. Levin | FL Delta |
| 1999 | Mervyn Sluizer Jr. | PA Epsilon Zeta |
| 1999 | Charles P. Steinmetz | FL Delta |
| 2000 | Edward S. Baum | OK Iota |
| 2000 | Richard Jaffee | WI Omega |
| 2000 | Stanley K. King | CA Upsilon |
| 2000 | Elliot H. Loden | FL Delta |
| 2000 | Stephen M. Platt | CA Upsilon |
| 2000 | Charles Schusterman | OK Iota |
| 2000 | Ervin R. Shames | FL Delta |
| 2000 | Dr. Arnold Tanis | IL Omicron |
| 2000 | Harvey Wineberg | WI Omega |
| 2001 | Irwin Gross | PA Alpha Delta |
| 2001 | Eli Hoffman | PA Alpha Delta |
| 2001 | Steve Levy | PA Alpha Delta |
| 2001 | Daniel G. Lynch | PA Alpha Delta |
| 2001 | Walter Pancoe | WI Omega |
| 2001 | Dr. John David Smith | OH Beta Tau |
| 2001 | Dr. Martin Solomon | PA Sigma |
| 2010 | Maury Fertig | IL Tau Delta |
| 2010 | Jack Marsh | OH Beta Tau |
| 2011 | Mitchell Liss | IL Tau Delta |
| 2011 | Steven Minter | OH Beta Tau |
| 2011 | Rear Admiral J.T. Riker | OH Beta Tau |
| 2012 | Amin Nikfar | CA Tau |
| 2012 | W. Samuel Sadler | VA Psi |
| 2012 | David Temple | VA Omega Alpha |
| 2013 | Joel Smalley | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 2014 | Michael Piller | NC Omega Beta |
| 2016 | Roger Orloff | NY Kappa Tau |
| 2017 | Louis J. Fox | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 2018 | Lou Shapiro | PA Gamma Sigma |
| 2018 | Dr. Brent Glass | PA Sigma |
| 2019 | Frank Gimbel | WI Omega |
| 2021
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