In memory of Jeff Love

Phi Delta Theta is saddened to learn of the unexpected passing of Brother Jeffrey B. Love, Vanderbilt '71 on October 31, 2023. 

Mr. Love was initiated into Phi Delta Theta by the Tennessee Alpha Chapter at Vanderbilt University on April 2, 1968. There he earned his B.A. degree, and broke three all-time Vanderbilt University baseball hitting records and was an Academic All American. He received his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law and subsequently was the youngest graduate in the Law School’s history to serve as National President of the Law School Alumni Association.

Mr. Love joined the firm of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP as their 24th attorney 33 years ago. Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP is a 725 lawyer firm with offices in eleven cities in the United States, and one in London. Mr. Love is Chairman of the firm’s Houston Office.

Mr. Love has been active in civic and charitable endeavors. He served on the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees from 2010 until 2018, when he became an Emeritus Trustee to the Board.  He has also served on the Boards of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Hermann Healthcare Foundation, Greater Houston Partnership, Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation (of which he was a past Chairman), University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, and The Mental Health Association of Greater Houston. He is a National Trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Brother Love received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Phi Delta Theta in 2009, and then in 2014, he was presented with the Legion of Merit award, which recognizes outstanding members of our Fraternity who have made a lifelong commitment to the service of Phi Delta Theta.

Our thoughts are with his family, especially his wife, Kathy, and his children, Benton and Elizabeth. 

In coelo quies est.