Brother Zickert came to Purdue fresh out of high school in July 1944 with no knowledge of the Greek system. In September, while playing on the Cary Hall softball team, he became acquainted with fraternities by being rushed by man. He pledged Kappa Sigma not because of the house they then lived in on Walton (old Delta Gamma house), but because of the men who rushed him. After four long months of highly structured pledge life, and after Chi regained their house on January 1, 1945, Brother Zickert was initiated on January 14,1945. This was the first pledge class in the reoccupied house following the years out due to the war.
Not long after initiation Brother Zickert was drafted into the Navy, having completed two semesters. He was discharged in late 1946 and returned to Purdue the following year. Since the house was fully occupied, he lived outside for the first semester, then moved into the House in the fall of 1947. He was active in Chi activities and served as Pledge Master.
After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1950, Lloyd entered the George Washington University night Law School in Washington, D.C. and worked as an examiner in the Patent Office. He was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1953 and received his law degree in 1954.
While in Washington D.C., Brother Zickert lived temporarily at the Alpha Eta house before getting married to his college sweetheart Maribeth Munson in August 1950. Also, he was active in the Washington D.C. alumni chapter during the years in our nation’s capital.
Lloyd and Maribeth came to Chicago in 1954 where he first worked at the largest patent law firm in the city. After many years with several firms, he established his own firm in 1988, and continues to specialize in patent trademark and copyright law, representing clients mostly from the Midwest, but also from Europe.
When arriving in Chicago, having fellow Chi brothers in the same profession, he became active in the Chicago Kappa Sigma Alumni Chapter, serving as its president for many years. In 1975, he was induced by a fellow alum, Brother Welsh, Past Worthy Grand Treasurer to succeed him as DGM for Wisconsin and Illinois. Brother Zickert served as DGM until 1985 when he was elected to the SEC as Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies. He then was elected as Worthy Grand Procurator in 1987, followed by Worthy Grand Master in 1989.
Yet, one of the awards he is most proud to have is the 1983 Alumnus of the Year Award from Chi when his son, Brad, was at Chi and during a time when he often visited the Chapter. Today he counts as some of his best Chi friends brothers that he met at Chi during those years.
Subsequent to serving on the SEC, he became quite active in the affairs of Chi, and has been president of the Educational Foundation of Chi since it was formed in 1998.
Brother Zickert considers Kappa Sigma to have been one of the most important parts of his life.
Lloyd is also a 1997 inductee into Chi Chapter’s Hall of Fame.
