Chris Job
Cal State-Northridge '67
" Supporting Phi Delta Theta is a really personal thing for me. "

From birth, Chris Job was destined to be a Phi.  
When he was born, the doctor announced, “Another Phi Delt in the world!”

At age five, Job learned about the Fraternity for the first time when he asked about the name inscribed on his father’s slide rule case. The case bore the name of his mother on one side and the words “Phi Delta Theta” on the other. “I was indoctrinated at a very early age,” Job laughed.
The family relocated to California from Ohio because his father, Richard Job, Case Western Reserve ’44, was part of the space program. Richard Job was in charge of the H1 engine program that propelled the Saturn rocket, which sent Neil Armstrong, Purdue ’55, to the moon.

When Chris Job began his education at California State University - Northridge, then called San Fernando Valley State College, he joined a strong local fraternity called Phi Sigma Tau because there was not a Phi Delta Theta chapter on campus. Although he flourished as a member of Phi Sigma Tau, he still yearned to be a Phi Delt.  After learning that other men on campus, including the Dean of Students, were interested in Phi Delta Theta, Job became passionate about starting a chapter.   
California Zeta was installed in 1967, Job’s senior year. The biggest thrill for Job was that his father was a member of the installation team. The younger Job would be the first to sign the Cal Zeta Bond.

When Job moved to Houston in 1969, Howard Young, Southwestern ’47, then President of the General Council, took him to an alumni club event and introduced him to other area alumni, many of whom have become lifelong friends.  Forty years later, Job is now in his sixth year as club president.
The Houston Alumni Club is where he and his father were able to share Phi Delt milestones.  
“As luck would have it, because I was initiated as a senior, I was able to bring my father to the Houston Founders Day, where I gave him his Golden Legion pin and he gave me the Silver. That is a very pleasant memory for me.”
One of the reasons that Job has consistently been a strong supporter of Phi Delta Theta is so that men of past and future generations can continue to share similar special moments.

Another reason Job supports the Phi Delta Theta Foundation is because he believes the educational and leadership opportunities provided by Phi Delta Theta make young men stronger.  
“Supporting all the things that can possibly get to young men and teach them to be leaders and responsible at a young age is a really important cause for me to support.  It’s a really personal thing for me.”

Currently, he is the founder and CEO of Shamrock Ventures Inc, a commercial real estate development company headquartered in Houston.  He hopes that in the future, his son, Jonathan, will join Phi Delta Theta.

Job appreciates his affiliation with Phi Delta Theta more with every year that passes.  “As a senior in college, you maybe have a little appreciation, but as you age, you see how much it means to a very wide variety of men from around the country.  You have something in common with them immediately.”
 “When we have the Golden Legion ceremony, there is one phrase that always strikes me: ‘To stand in the presence of these men, you realize that the Fraternity is more than just a campus interlude.’”

Photo:  Chris and Judy Job