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Arts/Entertainment
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| “Chip” Riedinger | Denison ’89 | Animator |
| Adam Levine | Colorado ’88 | Artist management |
| Al Carrell | SMU ’50 | Radio personality |
| Alexander Moon | Southern California ’96 | Producer |
| Andrew Armas | Iowa ’84 | On-line producer for Fox Sports, 2003 Emmy Winner |
| Benjamin Swalin | Columbia ’28 | Founder and Former Director/Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Author of “Hard-Circus Road : The Odyssey of the North Carolina Symphony” |
| Brandon Russell | Appalachian State ‘99 | Carpenter Host on TLC’s “Trading Spaces” and “Drill Team” |
| Brett England | Indiana ’96 | Musician |
| Brian Deveaux | Southern California ’96 | Musician |
| Bruce Collier | Texas, ’35 | Former Publicist Warner Brothers |
| Bruce Johnson | Iowa ’87 | Actor/singer, “Sunset Blvd,” “Tokyo Can Can” |
| Bryan McBrien | Central Michigan ’96 | Universal Studios craftsman |
| Bryan St. Pere | Illinois ’90 | Drummer: Hum |
| Charles Bursiel | Southwest Texas State ’93 | Actor/performer |
| Chris Sobchack | Abracadabra ’92 | Musician |
| Clay Smith | Kansas City ’73 | Coordinating Producer “Access Hollywood” |
| David C. Moretti, Jr. (David Shae) | Southern California ’02 | Actor, “Richard Jewell,” “The Walking Dead” |
| Don McDiarmid | Stanford ’20 | Composer, Conductor, Trumpeter, Conducted at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel |
| Douglas Drake | Florida ’86 | TV Colorist for Warner Brothers |
| Erik Stein | Maryland ’92 | Publicist |
| Frank Nugent | Columbia, ’29 | Screenwriter, won 2 WGA awards and an Oscar nomination |
| Frank Robinson | Augusta ’92 | Musician |
| Frederick Hansen | New Hampshire ’87 | Artist management |
| Greg Becker | New Hampshire ’88 | Songwriter |
| Greg Nigro | Creighton ’92 | Musician |
| Howard Greer | Nebraska ’20 | Costume Designer |
| Hugh Lampman | SMU ’56 | Commercial spokesman |
| Ian Kennedy | Washington State ’97 | Producer |
| Michael Kennedy | Kansas State ’15 | Web Design/Developer |
| James Quinn | Indiana ’47 | ABC-TV Production Representative |
| James Wallingford | Maryland ’92 | stage manager |
| Jason Glaser | Southern California ’92 | Trumpeter |
| Jeremy Beck | Troy State ’97 | Musician |
| Joe Haney | SMU ’50 | Retired Director of the Texas A&M Band |
| Joe Hollinshead | Arizona ’94 | Creative Executive for Worldwide Pants (David Letterman’s Production Company) |
| Joe Riley | Central Michigan ’96 | actor/makeup design |
| Joel Murach | Abracadabra ’90 | Musician |
| John Kohl | Washington ’77 | Record promoter |
| John Lewis | Iowa ’73 | Guitarist |
| John Sloan | Penn State ’49 | Musician |
| John Wahl | Illinois State ’95 | Musician |
| Jonathan Bradner | Hobart ’97 | Musician |
| Jonathan Brice | Texas A&M ’99 | Musician |
| Jonathan Hiam | Fredonia ’96 | Musician |
| Jonathan Lucas | SMU ’41 | Director and Choreographer. Former Director on “The Dean Martin Show” |
| Joshua Quarles | Virginia Commonwealth ’95 | Musician |
| Kelly Keene | Southeast Missouri ’88 | Musician |
| Kenneth Stilson | Southeast Missouri ’84 | Artistic director |
| Kevin James | DePauw ’83 | Music/Composer: “NYC Playground” – 2005 World Choral Music Symposium |
| Kirk Petruccelli | Penn State ’86 | Production designer |
| Mark Bond | Whitewater ’82 | Magician |
| Mark Russell | Texas ’89 | Musician |
| Mark Trux | Miami ’94 | stand up comedian |
| Mark Wilder | Oklahoma State ’90 | Musician |
| Marshall Butler | Kansas State ’47 | Musician |
| Matt Miller | Arizona ’82 | actor/performer |
| Matt Miller | Arizona ’82 | actor/performer |
| Michael Morscheck | Idaho ’96 | Musician |
| Michael Perkins | Denison ’98 | Musician |
| Mike Teufel | Arizona ’92 | Producer |
| Nelson Soler | Fullerton ’86 | Writer / Producer: “The Real Gilligan’s Island,” “The Bachelor” |
| Paul Orella | Georgia Southern ’90 | Musician |
| Paul Porter | SMU ’84 | special effects builder |
| Paul Roeder | DePauw ’98 | Artist management |
| Peter Van Steeden | NYU ’25 | Musical Conductor: “The Fred Allen Show,” “Lucky Strike Hit Parade,” “Omnibus,” “Abbott & Costello,” “Break the Bank,” “The Jack Pearl Show,” “Duffy’s Tavern,” “Snoopnagle and Bud” |
| Peter Walker | Western Ontario ’95 | Musician |
| Pierre Vacho | UCLA ’54 | TV, movie producer |
| Randolph Walker | Rollins ’51 | Theatrical Actor: “Don Juan in Hell,” “The Heretic,” “Chalk Garden,” “Royal Family,” “A Lion in Winter,” “The King & I” |
| Reginald Gavin | Little Rock ’17 | Contestant, RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 13) |
| Richard Angilly | Union ’62 | Poet, Dancing Poetry |
| Richard Greenstein | New Hampshire ’94 | Artist management |
| Richard Rivera | Southern California ’89 | Artist management |
| Ross Himes | Abracadabra ’24 | Ziegfeld Follies |
| Shay Prentice | Western Michigan ’95 | Producer/director |
| Stephen Knight | Southern California ’73 | Musician |
| Steve Karmazin | Michigan State ’81 | TV news/sports producer |
| Steven Urrutia | Long Beach ’94 | Musician |
| Thomas Leddy | Indiana ’87 | Musician |
| Thomas Swale | Kansas ’68 | Television Screenwriter: “Hart to Hart,” “The Fall Guy,” “The Love Boat,” “Lottery!,” “Glitter,” “Hotel” |
| Tim Johnson | Montevallo ’94 | Musician |
| Tim Stepeck | Connecticut ’86 | Set/art director, production designer |
| Todd Hartley | Arizona ’95 | Talk show host |
| Tyler Filmore | Missouri ’11 | Musician, Country band “Filmore” |
| William Merrill | Southern California ’94 | Producer |
Authors
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Al Carrell | SMU ’50 | “Home Fix-It 101,” “Best Home Hints from the Super Handyman,” “The Super Handyman Homecare Almanac,” “Super Handyman Al Carrell’s 1000 Questions About Home Repair & Maintenance,” “Super Handyman’s Do-It-Quick but Do-It-Right Home Repair Hints” |
| Bob Harrell | DePauw ’91 | “Big Top” |
| Cary Poole | Cary Poole | “History of Railroading in Western North Carolina,” Dean of Students at Texas Wesleyan University |
| Charles Huff | Southern California ’58 | “Commodity Speculation for Beginners” |
| Chris Mooney | New Hampshire ’91 | “Remembering Sarah,” “Deviant Ways,” “World Without End,” “Kendo,” “Republican War on Science” |
| Dr. Tim Wehr | Iowa Alumnus | “Chasing Three-Legged Chickens – Stories, Jokes and a Few Fibs That Will Change Your Life!” |
| Edward Allen | Washington ’09 | “North Pacific,” “The Rollicking Pacific”; Former US Commissioner of International Fisheries |
| Frank Dickinson | Illinois ’21 | Creator Dickinson National Football Rating System, Author “A Balance Sheet of the Nation’s Economy,” “The Changing Position of Philanthropy in the American Economy” |
| G.P. Hambrecht | Chicago ’03 | Wrote a Large Collection about Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln – “His Spirt Lives,” Wisconsin State Assemblyman (Republican) |
| George Stalk | Michigan ’73 | “Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win?,” “Competing Against Time” |
| Gregory O’Brien | Southern California ’67 | “Lenin Lives!” |
| Harold Foster | Osgoode Hall ’09 | “Prince Valiant”, a Syndicated Sunday Comic, “The Young Knight” |
| Herb Klein | USC ’40 | Former Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of Copley newspapers, Author of “Making It Perfectly Clear: An Inside Account of Nixon’s Love-Hate Relationship with the Media,” Former President Nixon’s Press Secretary |
| Irv Valenta | Illinois ’35 | “Hmm’s, Ha-ha’s and Could-be’s,” “The Singular History of the Golf Tee” |
| James Harmon | DePauw ’64 | “Codicology of the Court School of Charlemogne” |
| James Ogden | DePauw 1894 | Former President, Indiana Law School, Author- “Ogden’s Negotiable Instruments, 1909,22,31,” “Ogden’s Manual, 1918,31” |
| James Stewart | DePauw ’73 | Pulitzer Prize Winner, Former “Page-One” Editor at “The Wall Street Journal”, “Blood Sport,” “DisneyWar,” “Den of Thieves,” “Blind Eye,” “Heart of a Soldier,” Chair of DePauw’s Board of Trustees |
| John Martin | DePauw ’37 | Speech Writer for John F Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphry, Former Ambassador to the Dominican Republic |
| Kevin Kosar | Kent State ’92 | “Failing Grades: The Federal Politics of Education Standards” |
| Leon Mentzer | Illinois State Alumnus | “Just When You Think You’re All Alone,” Voted Best New Christian Writer 2005, Named one of the Top 100 Inspirational Writers in the nation by Writer’s Digest 74th Annual Writing Competition |
| Louis Mone | Arizona ’62 | “Private Practice: A Professional Business” |
| Matt Towery | Georgia ’81 | “Mean Business,” “Powerchicks: How Women Will Dominate America,” “The Road Taken: A Factual Examination of the United States’ Military and Economic Postion in Today’s World” |
| Merlin Hunter | Illinois, ’16 | “Outlines of Public Finance,” “Background of Economics,” “The Development of Corporate Taxation in the State of New York,” “Principles of Public Finance” |
| Nick Thomopoulos | Illinois, ’53 | I was a professor (now professor emeritus) at Illinois Institute of Technology for forty years; Assembly Line Systems: Hayden Books; Applied Forecasting Methods: Prentice Hall; Strategic Inventory Management and Planning: Hitchcock; Production, Inventory and the Supply Chain; Atlantic; Fundamentals of Queuing Systems: Springer; Essentials of Monte Carlo Simulation: Springer; Assembly Line Planning and Control: Springer; Demand Forecasting for Inventory Control: Springer; Elements of Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics: Springer; 100 Years: From Greece to Chicago and Back: Xlibris |
| Paul Taubman | Taubman Paul Taubman | “Higher Education and Earnings: College as an Investment and a Screening Device,” “Kinometrics: Determinants of Socioeconomic Success within and between Families,” “College Bound: A Survival Guide for Those About to Enter Higher Education” |
| Ralph Lutz | Stanford ’06 | “The German Revolution, 1918-19,” “Fall of the German Empires (2nd Vol),” “The Treaty of St. Germain (w/ Nina Almond),” “Bibliography of the Paris Peace,” ” Conference (w/ Nina Almond),” Editor of “The Causes of the German Collapse in 1918” |
| Raymond Wheeler | Kansas ’12 | “The Science of Psychology,” “Readings in Psychology,” “Laws of Human Nature,” “Principles of Mental Development (with F. Theodore Perkins)” |
| Richard Peck | DePauw ’56 | 2001 Newbery Award Winner, “Anonymously Yours,” “Are You in the House Alone?,” “Bel-Air Bambi” and “The Mall Rats,” 2002 Winner National Humanities Medal |
| Robert Cameron | Miami ’34 | “Above New York: A Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs of New York City,” “Above San Francisco: A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs” |
| Robert Davis | NYU ’04 | “Mopping Up Bolshevism,” “Diary with Denekine,” “Unfeathered Eagle of Austria,” “Poem of Old French Farm,” “Human Contacts” |
| Robert Peck | Rollins ’53 | “Arly’s Run,” “Cowboy Ghost,” “A Day No Pigs Would Die,” “Hallapoosa” |
| Russel Nye | Wisonsin ’35 | Pulitzer and Knopp Prize Winner, “Fettered Freedom:Civil Liberties and the Slavery Con,” “George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel,” “Midwestern Progressive Politics 1870-1958,” Modern Essays |
| Scott Leigh | Missouri State ’90 | “Unemployed, Now What?” |
| Tom Haney | Kansas State ’70 | “Accused by the State”, Delta Chi Fraternity Legal Advisor |
| Wells Twombly | Connecticut ’56 | “Blanda, Alive and Kicking,” “Oakland’s Raiders, Fireworks, and Fury,” “200 years of sport in America: A pageant of a nation at play” |
| William Townsend | Kentucky ’13 | “Abraham Lincoln, Defendant,” “Lincolnn the Litigant,” “Lincoln and Liquor,” “Lincoln and the Bluegrass,” “The Lion of White Hall” |
| William Watson | Central Missouri ’81 | “Advanced Computer Programs in BASIC,” “Ready-to-Run Programs in BASIC” |
Business
| Name | School | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Horn | Union ’65 | President and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Brothers Studios, Former President/COO of 20th Century Fox, Former Chairman of Embassy Communications, Co-Founder of Castle Rock Entertainment, One of 101 Most Powerful People in Entertainment by Enterainment Weekly |
| Alex Lewi | Cornell ’22 | Former President – Macy’s |
| Arthur Betts | Chicago-Kent ’13 | Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Chicago Stock Exchange |
| Bruce Mohs | SMU ’55 | Owner of Mohs Auto Factory and Museum |
| Carl Rix | Georgetown ’03 | Former Vice President and Director Kolmar Laboratories, Inc. |
| Charles Barker | Stanford ’15 | Former Vice-President and Treasurer Lockheed Aircraft Corporation |
| Charles Brinckerhoff | Columbia ’23 | Former President Anaconda Copper |
| Charles Gerstenberg | NYU ’04 | Former Chairman Prentice-Hall |
| Charles Marshall | Illinois ’51 | Vice-Chairman AT&T |
| Charles McConnell | DePauw ’61 | Senior Vice President of Arcy MacManus Masius in New York |
| Chauncey Cook | Texas ’30 | Former Executive Vice President of Operations General Foods Corporation |
| Chuck Woods | Truman State ’86 | VP and CFO of Engineering, Operations & Technology at Boeing |
| Clarence Long | Indiana ’39 | Accountant (Who’s Who 1986) |
| Clark Beise | Minnesota ’22 | Former President Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association |
| Dan Thomson | Southern California ’51 | President – Cooper Lighting |
| Dave Kolander | Minnesota ’58 | Retired Vice President of 3 M |
| David Tilton | Stanford ’49 | President Financial Corporation , Santa Barbara, Trustee, Chairman of California Real Estate Investment Trust, Savings and Loan Association Executive |
| Donald Mclarnan | USC ’30 | Banker and Corporate Executive |
| Dr. George Tiller | Kansas ’63 | Women’s Heath Care Advocate – Wichita, KS |
| Dr. John Melvin | Ohio State ’55 | Noted Doctor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| Edmund Pugh Jr. | Stanford ’41 | Businessman |
| Edward Kangas | Kansas ’66 | Former Vice President Deloitte & Touche |
| Edward Miller | Cornell ’37 | Civil Engineer (Who’s Who 1986), Former President: Hill Electronics Inc., Albert Pick Co. Inc, Hobb Electric Supply Co. |
| Erie Leaf | Stanford ’10 | Former President National Bank of Commonwealth of California |
| Floyd Carlisle | Cornell ’03 | Former President Niagara Hudson Power Corp. and Consolidated Gas Company of New York |
| Forest Siefkin | Chicago ’19 | Former Vice President International Harvester Company |
| Forrest Hoglund | Kansas ’56 | Chairman and CEO – Arctic Resources Company |
| Frank Mason | Ohio State ’15 | Former Vice President National Broadcast Corp. (NBC), Order of the Purple Heart |
| Frank McKowne | Buffalo ’10 | Former President of Hotels Statler Company, Inc; Former President of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau |
| Gabe Middleton | Long Beach ’10 | Founder and CEO of Human-I-T, the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of digital inclusion services and a leading provider of secure IT asset disposition. Clients include the Walt Disney Company, USC, UCLA, Rocket Mortgage, and more. Middleton was named a Coors Light Lider, received a HALO Award in 2016, and an eBay SHINE Award in 2017. He has appeared alongside the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, and the Mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, who have both endorsed Gabe’s company as a model for digital inclusion. |
| George Achenbach | Penn State Alumnus | Former Vice President of Purchasing for Johnson and Johnson |
| George Morrow | Rutgers ’43 | Oil and Gas Executive (Who’s Who 1986), Former President Natural Gas Pipeline Co. |
| George Oswald | Illinois ’36 | Advertising Executive (Who’s Who 1986) |
| George Smith | Michigan 1899 | Former General Solicitor Union Pacific Railway |
| Gordon Jones | Southern California ’51 | Retired Vice President of Hearst Publications |
| Harold Emmons | Michigan 1899 | Former Director Chemical Research Corporation; Former Police Commissioner, Detroit, Michigan |
| Hughston McBain | Michigan ’24 | Former Chairman of the Board Marshall Fields and Company |
| Hurshell “Chip” Baggett | Appalachian State ’94 | CEO and Executive Director of the Buncombe County Medical Society |
| James (Jim) Frownfelter | Stanford ’10 | Chairman (formerly Vice President and Senior Vice President of Space Systems ), Asia Broadcast Satellite Limited |
| James T. Ryan | Miami ’80 | Former President and CEO of W.W. Grainger Chairman of the Board at DePaul University |
| James Shelton | Stanford ’10 | Former President Security-First National Bank, Los Angeles |
| Jefferson Coleman | Alabama ’29 | Former President of the National Association of College Stores |
| Jerry Dozier | Auburn ’69 | Vice President of Merrill Lynch |
| Jim Harring | Michigan State ’48 | Corporate Vice President of Motorola |
| Jim Steffan | Ohio State ’22 | Former CEO Chicago Steel and Wire |
| John Calhoun | Iowa ’63 | Former Vice President of Quaker Oats |
| John Kelly | Arizona ’50 | President and CEO of Kelly Financial Services |
| John McKinlay | Chicago-Kent 1899 | Former President Marshall Fields and Company |
| Jonathan Schofield | Connecticut ’62 | “Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Board of Directors |
| Joseph Abbott | Georgetown ’11 | Former President American Sugar Refining Company |
| J.T. Arenberg Jr. | Illinois ’47 | Former Partner, Arthur Andersen and Company |
| Joseph Kewley | Ohio State ’06 | Former Vice President General Electric |
| Joseph Temple | Purdue ’51 | Exec. Vice President – Dow Chemical |
| Jubal Parten | Texas ’17 | Former President Pan American Sulfur Company |
| Lawrence Clarkson | DePauw ’60 | Corporate Vice President Boeing |
| Louis Ware | Kentucky ’17 | Former President and Director International Minerals and Chemical Corp. |
| M.J. Van Loben Sels | Stanford ’32 | Former President Butte Gas and Oil Compay |
| Marcelian Gautreaux | LSU ’50 | Sr. Vice President member of Board, Ethyl Corp. |
| Mark Putney | Iowa ’51 | Former Chief Operations Officer Midwest Resources, Inc.; Former President Association of Edison Illuminating Companies; President/CEO of Iowa Resources Inc. |
| Marvin Gade | Iowa ’52 | Vice Chairman of Kimberly Clark Corp. |
| Melville Wier | Ohio State ’53 | Developed “Mr. Clean” cleaning solution for Proctor and Gamble |
| Melvin Fisher | Purdue ’45 | “The World’s Greatest Treasure Hunter” |
| Miller Poppleton | Ohio State ’28 | Former Owner Hood-Rexall Drug Company |
| Neal Becker | Cornell ’05 | Former President Intertype Corporation, Chairman Cornell University Board of Trustees, Director Bank of Manhattan, Author “Road Rules and Laws of Automobiles” |
| Orvin Judd | NYU ’04 | Former Vice President and Trustee Kings County Savings Bank; Former Trustee of Colgate and New York Universities |
| Patrick Constantine | Gorham State ’76 | Chief Operations Officer Member Insurance Group |
| Paul Benedum | Ohio State ’27 | Former President and Director – Benedum-Trees Oil Company, Bentex Oil Corporation, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation |
| Peter Grimm | Cornell ’11 | Former President William A. White and Sons |
| Ralph Malone | Texas ’14 | Former Director Wyatt Metal and Boiler Works |
| Raymond Burns | Ohio State ’08 | Former President W.J. Burns International Detective Agency |
| Richard Iazzetta | San Diego ’86 | Senior Vice President, UPN Network Sales |
| Robert Bartley | SMU ’31 | Former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Former Vice President of the Yankee Network, Former Director of War Activities for the National Association of Broadcasters, 1965 Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement by the Wireless Operators Association |
| Roger Steffan | Ohio State ’13 | Former Vice President National City Bank of New York, Chief of White House Operations |
| Rolland Hamilton | Chicago-Kent ’04 | Former President American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation |
| Roswell Snow | Georgetown ’09 | Former Executive Vice President Canada Dry, Inc. |
| Samuel Ginn | Auburn ’59 | Former Chief Operations Officer Pactel, Chairman of the Board of Vodafone AirTouch |
| Seth Klarman | Cornell ’79 | President of The Baupost Group, L.L.C., author of “Margin of Safety”, National Chairman of “Facing History and Ourselves” |
| Sherwood Fawcett | Ohio State ’41 | Former CEO Battlee Memorial Institute |
| Steve Michels | Marquette ’87 | Co-owner of Michels Corporation |
| Sven Dodington | Stanford ’34 | Former Vice President International Telephone and Telegraph |
| Thaddeus Benton | Georgetown ’21 | Former President Boomhower Inc. |
| Thomas Chisholm | SMU ’47 | Former Vice Chairman of MONY Financial Services |
| Thomas Glasgow | Michigan State ’68 | Former Chief Operations Officer McDonalds Corp. |
| Timothy Crown | Kansas ’86 | Founder of Insight Distribution Network |
| Verne Drews | Iowa State ’51 | Vice President of Nabisco |
| Vernon Foster | Chicago-Kent ’02 | Former Vice President and Director Central Railroad |
| Wallace Nichols | DePauw ’89 | Founder of Ocean Revolution, an International Program Designed to Inspire and Empower Young People to Protect our Cceans. |
| Warner Pomerene | Ohio State ’15 | Former Director of Moore Enameling & Manufacturing Company |
| William Cole | Michigan State ’58 | Senior Vice President of Shearson Lehman Brothers |
| William Hayes | Senior Vice President of Texas Instruments | |
| William McCormick | Northeast Missouri (FAC) | Owner – Capital GBS Communications |
Education
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B.W. Merrill | Indiana (FAC) | Former Dean Indiana University College of Music |
| C.S. Potts | Texas ’09 | Former Dean Southern Methodist University School of Law |
| Charles Thompson | Chicago-Kent, ’03 | Former Dean University of Illinois College of Commerce |
| Clarence Keel | Iowa ’28 | Former Dean of Admissions Westminster College |
| Cloyd Marvin | Stanford ’15 | Former President George Washington University |
| David Kendrick | Idaho ’35 | Former Dean of the College of Business Administration: University of Idaho |
| Donald Cottrell | Ohio State ’23 | Former Dean Ohio State University College of Education |
| Dr. Asa Green | Livingston (ASC) | Former President of Livingston University |
| Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr. | Jacksonville State ’99 | President of Jacksonville State University |
| Dr. Emil Spees | Southern Illinois ’57 | Educator and published author – field of Higher Education |
| Dr. Kenneth Brasted | Florida ’35 | First President of the University of Dallas |
| Dr. Stephen Spurr | Florida ’38 | President of the University of Texas at Austin |
| Dr. William Meehan | Jacksonville State ’72 | President of Jacksonville State University |
| E.R. Bartlett | DePauw ’29 | Former Dean DePauw University School of Religious Education |
| E.R. Riesen | Arizona ’25 | Former Dean University of Arizona College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Edward Clark | Union ’51 | Fulbright Scholar |
| Ellwood Nance | Rollins (FAC) | Former President University of Tampa, “Faith of our Fighters” |
| Ervin Wood | Livingston, ’69 | Vice-President of Student Affairs Livingston University |
| Frank King | Stanford ’19 | Captain of crew, President of the student body, Montgomery Ward |
| Frank Sommers | NYU 1893 | Former Dean New York University School of Law |
| Fred Leinbach | Iowa State ’26 | Former President South Dakota State College |
| Frederick Woodward | Cornell 1894 | Former Vice President University of Chicago |
| George Rightmire | Ohio State (ASC) | Former President Ohio State University |
| Herrick Young | Indiana ’25 | President of Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio |
| Hugh Fegan | Georgetown ’07 | Former Assistant Dean Georgetown Law |
| Huntley Dupree | Ohio State ’16 | Jr. Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio State |
| James Doster | Alabama ’26 | Dean University of Alabama Schoold of Education |
| Justin Miller | Stanford ’11 | Former Dean Duke University School of Law |
| Lawrence Nelson | Connecticut ’53 | Educator (Who’s Who 1986), Former Dean Purdue University – Fort Wayne Campus |
| Lloyd Seatz | Idaho ’40 | Former Professor at the University of Tennessee, Former Department Head |
| Louis Schwellenbach | Washington ’16 | Former Dean Gonzaga Law School, U.S. Senator, Idaho, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor |
| Marion Kirkwood | Stanford, ’09 | Former Dean Stanford Law School, Former President Asscoiation of American Law Schools, “Cases of Conveyances” |
| Mark Drews | Michigan State ’82 | Fulbright Scholar |
| Marshall Ewell | Michigan (ASC) | Former Dean Kent Law School |
| Newton Fiero | Cornell | Former Dean Union College Law School |
| Noah Langdale Jr. | Alabama ’41 | Former President Georgia State University |
| Pendleton Howard | Texas ’17 | Former Dean, Idaho School of Law |
| Peyton Rhodes | Virginia ’20 | Former President Emeritus Rhodes College |
| Richard Manat | Iowa State ’53 | Professor and head of the department at Iowa State (Who’s Who in 1986) |
| Richard McKaig | Ball State ’66 | Dean of Students – Indiana University |
| Robert Devoe | Nebraska ’09 | Former President University of Nebraska Board of Regents |
| Robert Sproul | Abracadabra Alumnus | President Emeritus University of California |
| S. W. Reaves | Oklahoma (ASC) | Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Oklahoma |
| Tom Starlin | Alabama ’34 | Former President of the Student Presidents of the Southern Colleges, President of the Student Body at the University of Alabama in 1934 |
| Walter Hartung | NYU ’28 | President of the Academy of Aeronautics |
| William Houston | Ohio State ’20 | Former President Rice Institue |
| William Spencer | Chicago, ’13 | Former Dean University of Chicago School of Commerce |
Film
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Turk | Minnesota ’90 | Actor – “Tears of a Clown”, “Dodge Alley” |
| Ashton Kutcher | Iowa 2000 | Actor: “That 70’s Show”, “Dude, Where’s My Car?”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, “The Butterfly Effect”, “Punk’d” |
| B Mike McGreal | Southern California ’28 | former motion picture executive (Warner Brothers, Houston Color Film Laboratories, 20th Century Fox, B.M.C. Corporation) |
| Brian Hunt | Fullerton ’88 | motion picture finance director |
| Darren Moores | Western Illinois ’94 | Actor/performer: “The Longest Yard” |
| David Walmsley | Cornell ’89 | Home video director for A&E TV |
| Dick Winslow (Richard Johnson) | Southern California ’37 | Actor/musician: Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Benny Goodman Story, King Creole, Bye Bye Birdie, Airport, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Funny Lady, Movie Movie, First Monday in October |
| Eddie Fitch | Southern California ’31 | movie stunt man |
| Eddy Van Guyse | Indiana ’72 | Actor – “Breaking Away” |
| Fred Clark | Standford ’35 | Movies: The Unsuspected, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Solid Gold Cadillac, Auntie Mame, Bells are Ringin, Move Over Darling – TV: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Double Life of Harry Phyfe – Broadway: Mister Roberts, Romanoff and Juliet, Never Too Late |
| G.D. Spradlin | Oklahoma, ’41 | Actor and Director, “Lords of Discipline”, “Apocolypse Now”, “The Long Kiss Goodnight”, “Canadian Bacon”, “Tora, Tora, Tora” |
| Jack Williams | Southern California ’41 | Stunt man/actor: The Alamo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Sons of Katie Elder, Night Passage, Merrill’s Marauders, The Far Country, The Scalphunters |
| James Cross | Ohio State ’89 | Cameraman |
| John Bender | Iowa ’78 | videographer for The Golf Channel |
| John Morley | Osgoode Hall, ’33 | Actor, Movie: “Operation Petticoat” |
| Karl Herlinger | UCLA ’36 | Hollywood make up artist (The Miracle of the Bells) |
| Kenneth Johnson | USC ’38 | Actor “Stand-in for Fre McMurray” |
| Kevin Costner | Fullerton, ’77 | Actor: The Guardian,The Tortilla Curtain, Rumor Has It, The Upside of Anger, Open Range, Dragonfly, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Thirteen Days, For Love of the Game, Message in a Bottle, The Postman, Tin Cup, Waterworld, The War, Wyatt Earp, A Perfect World, The Bodyguard, JFK, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Dances with Wolves, Revenge, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, No Way Out, The Untouchables, and more |
| Kirk Fogg | Fullerton ’81 | TV game show host “Legends of the Hidden Temple” |
| Kurt Schmaljohn | Northwest Missouri ’92 | Actor – “Pranksters” |
| Lance Fink | Oregon State ’93 | screenwriter |
| Lynwood Spinks | Auburn ’74 | Movie Producer: Cutthroat Island, Johnny Mnuemonic, Wagons East, Cliffhanger |
| Michael Cutler | Abracadabra ’82 | studio executive |
| Ralph Morgan | NYU Law ’05 | co-founder and first President of the Screen Actors Guild, The Master of the House, Anthony Adverse, Rasputin and the Empress, The Magnificent Obsession, The Life of Emil Zola, Wells Fargo, The Mad Doctor, Jack London, Song of the Thin Man, Geronimo, Heart of the Rockies, Gold Fever |
| Rick Arredondo | Abracadabra ’83 | TV producer: “Pizza My Heart”, “Atomic Twister” |
| Rowland Kerr | Long Beach Alumnus | Actor: “The Debut”, “Not Quite an Angel”, “Personal Vendetta” |
| Stuart Berkowitz | Florida ’94 | production coordinator for E! Entertainment TV |
| Thomas Graeff | UCLA ’52 | Actor in “Teenagers From Outer Space” |
| Thomas McCarey | USC, ’17 | Hollywood Director: “Duck Soup”, “An Affair to Remember”, “Make way for Tomorrow”, “Good Sam”, “Once Upon a Honeymoon” |
| Todd Zuvich | Chicago ’97 | film/TV producer |
| Walter Greaza | Minnesota ’18 | The Edge of Night, The Kate Smith Hour, The Philip Morris Playhouse, Our Gal Sunday, Young Doctor Malone, 13 Rue Madeleine, Northside 777, Larceny, It Happened to Jane |
| William Aldrich | Nebraska ’16 | MGM in Hollywood |
Government
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Jefferis | Michigan ‘1893 | U.S. Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1919-23 (Republican) |
| Albert Rutherford | Pennsylvania ’04 | Former Representative from Pennsylvania |
| Alexander Campbell | Indiana ’30 | Former US Assistant Attorney General |
| Amos Snead | Montevallo 2002 | Deputy Press Secretary, Committee on Energy and Commerce |
| Andrei Popovici | Georgetown ’28 | Former Secretary of the Roumanian Legation |
| Arnold Zander | Wisconsin ’28 | Former President International Labor Union |
| Arthur Bartels | Michigan 1895 | Former State Representative, Colorado |
| Arthur Brown | Cornell 1897 | Former US Army Judge Advocate General |
| Benjamin Harrison | Michigan (ASC) | 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893 |
| Bernard Kearney | Union ’14 | served in the U.S. Army during World War I, Fulton County District Attorney, 1931-42, U.S. Representative from New York, 1943-59 (30th District 1943-45, 31st District 1945-53, 32nd District 1953-59) (Republican) |
| Bill Zeliff | Connecticut ’59 | Candidate in primary for New Hampshire state senate, 1984, delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1991-97, candidate in primary for Governor of New Hampshire, 1996 (Republican) |
| Bob Stump | Arizona State ’51 | Late U.S. Representative from Arizona (Republican) |
| C.O. Lundquist | Minnesota ’03 | Former US Assistant Attorney General |
| Cammie Haden | Abracadabra ’25 | California Democratic State Central Committee, Presidential Elector for California, 1944, delegate to Democratic National Convention from California (Democrat) |
| Charles Cameron | Cornell 1898 | U.S. Consul in Tacna, 1919-20, Pernambuco, 1920-23, Tokyo, 1923-25, Sao Paulo, 1927-29, U.S. Consul General in Sao Paulo, 1931-32, Tokyo, 1938 |
| Charles Fairbanks | Michigan Alumnus | US Senator, Indiana, Vice-President of the US under Theodore Roosevelt |
| Charles Hitch | Arizona ’31 | Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Former President of University of California |
| Charles Manatt | Iowa State ’58 | Chairman Democratic National Committee, former President California Banker’s Association, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees at George Washington University. |
| Charles Murphy | NYU ’03 | Member of the New York Legislature |
| Charles Parsons | Michigan 1893 | Circuit judge of the first district of Hawaii |
| Charles Waters | Pennsylvania ’16 | Formers Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania |
| Chas Russell | NY Law ’06 | Former State Senator, New York |
| Christian Sorenson | Nebraska ’13 | Former Attorney General, Nebraska |
| Christopher Johnson | Kentucky ’77 | Former Assistant Attorney General for Commonwealth of Kentucky, Former Legal Council, Kentucky State Police, Former Assistant General Council, Justice Cabinet, Former General Council, Justice Cabinet |
| Claude Reno | Dickinson ’05 | Former State Representative, Pennsylvania, Former Superior Court Judge |
| Claude Swanson | Virginia Alumnus | U.S. Representative, Virginia, U.S. Senator, Former Governor of Virginia, Former Secretary of the Navy |
| Clel Georgetta | Wisconsin ’26 | member of the Nevada Republican State Central Committee from 1935-1942, District Court judge for one term, serving from 1959-1963 |
| Clinton Horton | Cornell 1899 | Member of New York state senate 48th District, 1915-16, Justice of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-33 (Republican) |
| Craig Thomas | Wyoming Alumnus | Senator from Wyoming (Republican) |
| Dale Warner | Michigan State ’62 | Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964, member of Michigan state house of representatives 56th District, 1967-74 (Republican) |
| Dan Miller | Former U.S. Representative from Florida | |
| Daniel Reed | Cornell 1898 | U.S. Representative from New York, 1919-59 (43rd District 1919-45, 45th District 1945-53, 43rd District 1953-59) |
| David Lee | Syracuse ’07 | Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1932, 1936, Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1926, chair of Broome County Democratic Party, 1939 |
| David Stewart | Chicago ’17 | Former US Senator |
| David Thompson | Southern California ’52 | U.S. 9th District Court Judge |
| Donald Lukens | Ohio State ’54 | U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District 1967-71, 8th District 1987-90), member of Ohio state senate, 1975 (Republican) |
| Douglas Holsclaw | Arizona ’25 | Former Member of the Arizona House of Representatives (7 Terms) and the Arizona State Senate (4 Terms) – Served as Chairman of the Health Committee, Instrumental in the Establishment of the Medical School at the University of Arizona in 1963 |
| Douglas Pattison | Michigan 1896 | Former State Representative, Illinois |
| Doyle Carlton | Chicago ’12 | Former State Senator, Florida, Governor of Florida |
| Earl McGrath | Georgetown ’28 | Former US Commissioner of Education |
| Edward Kenney | NYU ’08 | recorder’s court judge in New Jersey, 1919, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38 (Democrat) |
| Edward O’Malley | Buffalo | New York Supreme Court |
| Edward Stein | Chicago, ’15 | Former Speaker of the House, Indiana, First person to have served two consecutive terms as Speaker of the Indiana House |
| Eric Von Hausswolff | Penn State ’26 | Former Director , Bureau Parks, Pennsylvania |
| Ernest “Stubby” Camp | Georgetown ’12 | US Comissioner of Customs |
| Fletcher Bowron | USC ’12 | Mayor of Los Angeles, California from September 26, 1938 until June 30, 1953 |
| Forest Harness | Georgetown ’17 | US Army First Lieutenant, Purple Heart, Captain of Reserve, Special Assistant to US Attorney General 31-35, Republican 76,77,78,79,80 Congress, Chairman Federal Communication Commission, Sergeant at Arms of US Senate 53-55, |
| Frank Bowman | West Virginia ’05 | Mayor of Morgantown, W.Va., 1916, U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1925-33 (Republican) |
| Frank Moore | Buffalo ’21 | Former Lieutenant-Governor, New York |
| Frank Wozencraft | Texas ’14 | Presidential Elector for Texas, 1916, mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1919-21, delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924 Attorney for RCA (Democrat) |
| Fred Carpenter | Minnesota 1898 | Former Private Secretary to President Taft, Author “Versus from Many Seas” |
| Frederick Belen | Michigan State ’37 | Former US Assistant Postmaster General |
| Frederick Bradley | Cornell ’20 | US Representative 76,77,78,79,80 Congress, Member of Board to Coast Guard Academy, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries |
| Frederick Devlin | Buffalo ’25 | Former US Assistant Attorney General |
| Frederick Nave | Northwestern 1897 | Former Supreme Court Justice, Arizona |
| Freeman Eagleson | Ohio State ’06 | Former State Representative, Ohio |
| Gabriel Moyer | Dickinson 1898 | Delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1897 and 1901, member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1905 and 1907 |
| George Cortelyou | Georgetown 1895 | Chairman Republican National Committee (1904-07), Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary to President McKinley, Postmaster General, President of Consolidated Gas |
| George Craig | Arizona ’32 | Former Governor, Indiana, Former Representative from Arizona |
| George Mcllraith | Osgoode Hall ’31 | Member of Parliament representing the City of Ottawa |
| George Paddock | Virginia ’06 | Former Representative from Illinois, 1941-1943 |
| George Smith | Minnesota 1893 | State Representative, Minnesota, U.S. Representative |
| George Wallace | Alabama-Graduate | Former Governor of Alabama |
| George Wythe | Texas ’14 | Former Director of American Republics Division, US Department of Commerce, Author of “History of the 90th Division, USA” |
| Gilmore Failor | Arizona ’33 | Former US Narcotics Agent |
| Harold “Hal” Hughes | Stanford ’69 | General Counsel, U.S. Postal Service; Assistant U.S. Attorney |
| Harold Stephens | Cornell ’09 | Former U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Justice, Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Author of “Administrative Tribunals and Rules Evidence” |
| Harry Chamberlain | Southern California | California State Senate |
| Harry Clabaugh | Georgetown | Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, District of Columbia |
| Henry (Scoop) Jackson | Washington ’34 | U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1941-53, U.S. Senator from Washington, 1953-83, Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1960-61, candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972 |
| Henry Hartsfield | Auburn ’54 | Space shuttle commander, 483 hours in space |
| Henry Osborne Jr. | Virginia ’06 | Former State Representative, Maryland |
| J. Fort | Georgetown ’11 | Former General Solicitor, American Association of Railways |
| J.J. McBrayer | Kentucky ’18 | Kentucky State Legislator |
| James Banks | Indiana ’01 | U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd Congressional District (Republican) |
| James Barnes | Michigan State ’64 | Deputy administrator of the E.P.A. |
| James Dolliver | Chicago ’22 | US Army World War I, Republican to the 79,80,81,82,83,84 Congress, Legal Counsel for International Cooperation Administration in the Middle East 57-59 |
| James Duff | Pennsylvania ’07 | attorney general of Pennsylvania 1943-1947, Governor of Pennsylvania 1947-1951, member of the Pennsylvania Pardon Board, elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1950 |
| James Hamilton | NYU ’04 | School Teacher, New York State Senate 22nd district 15-16, Secretary of State of New York 23-24 (Democrat) |
| James Horton | Michigan ’10 | Former Chief Examiner, Federal Trade Commission |
| James Murray | NYU ’00 | Democrat to Senate 36,42,48,54, Co-chairman of Labor Relations |
| James O’ Malley | Cornell ’01 | Former Supreme Court Justice, New York |
| James Pope | Chicago ’09 | Former Mayor of Boise, U.S. Senator |
| James Powers | Alabama ’69 | Pennsylvania?s Director of Homeland Security |
| James Webb | Southern California ’67 | Former Secretary of the Navy, US Naval Academy, Class of 1968 #36100, Captain in US Marine Corps, Several commendations including the silver star |
| John “Jack” Campbell | Minnesota ’11 | Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1932, 1936 (alternate) |
| John Bricker | Ohio State ’16 | U.S. Army in World War I, Ohio State Attorney General 33-37, Governor of Ohio 39-45, Candidate for Vice President of the U.S. 1944, US Senator 47-59 (Republican). |
| John Clayberg | Michigan Alumnus | Former Supreme Court Justice, Montana |
| John Cooper | Osgoode Halll 1896 | President of Canadian Red Cross, Editor of the Canadian Courier |
| John Decker | Penn State ’25 | Former State Representative, Pennsylvania |
| John Dockweiler | Southern California | Harvard Law, Democrat to the 73,74,75 Congress, District Attorney of Los Angeles County 40-43 |
| John Harding | Michigan ‘1899 | Member of Ohio state senate, 1902, U.S. Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1907-09 |
| John Hickman | Texas ’10 | Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals |
| John Marshall | West Virginia ’04 | Assistant Attorney General |
| John Mica | Florida ’67 | U.S. Representative from Florida (Republican) |
| John Quinn | NYU ’01 | Former State Senator, New York |
| Jorge Boyd | Penn ’07 | Attorney General of Panama and Judge on Supreme Court of Panama |
| Joseph Chamberlain | Michigan ’00 | Former State Representative, Ohio |
| Julian Gillespie | Texas ’15 | Former US Dipolomat/Negotiator, Negotiated trade treaty with Turkey and US at Angora in 1929 |
| Lansdale Sasscar | Dickinson ’14 | State Senator, Maryland, U.S. Representative |
| Larry Craig | Idaho ’67 | Idaho Senator 74-80, Republican 97,98,99,00 Congress |
| Lawrence Murray | Georgetown Alumnus | Comptroller of the Currency of the US 1908-1913 |
| Leon Powers | Chicago ’14 | Former State Representative, Iowa |
| Leonard Scheele | Michigan ’30 | Former Surgeon General of the United States |
| Leslie Craven | Stanford ’09 | Former Federal Coordinator of Transportation |
| Louis Johnson | Virginia ’12 | member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1917, delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1949-50 (Democrat) |
| Marsh Taylor | Union ’05 | New York Supreme Court |
| Marshall McComb | Stanford ’17 | Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles |
| Marvin Jones | Texas ’07 | Former US Representative, Former Chief Justice, US Court of Claims |
| Matthew Neely | West Virginia ’04 | Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, lawyer, mayor of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10, U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47, U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58, delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956, Governor of West Virginia, 1941-45 (Democrat) |
| Michael McTigue | Union ’01 | Judge of City Court of Saratoga Springs, NY |
| Nathaniel Elsberg | NYU 1892 | Member of New York state senate 15th District, 1899-1906, delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1924, 1928 |
| Newton Hoverstock | Kansas ’38 | Former President of the Houston Chamber of Commerce |
| Oliver Aldrich | Texas ’08 | Former State Representative, Texas |
| Oliver Bovik | Chicago-Kent ’19 | Former Assistant Attorney General, Illinois, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952 |
| Oscar Kiessling | Wisconsin ’23 | Former Speical Industrial Advisor, US Tariff Commission |
| Ota Lightfoot | Chicago ’03 | Former Assistant States Attorney for Cook Count, Investigated and Prosecuted the 1919 World Series Gambling Scandal |
| Otis Bowen | Indiana ’39 | former governor of Indiana and Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| Otto Emme | Southern Cal ’16 | State Legislator in California |
| Paul Beardslee | Kansas ’33 | Former Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| Ralph Church | Northwestern ‘ 09 | Illinois State House of Representatives, 6th distrcit (17-32), US Representative from Illinois, 35-41,43-50 |
| Reinhold Richard “Reince” Priebus | Whitewater ‘94 | White House Chief of Staff (2017), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2011-2017) |
| Reuben Haskell | Cornell ’98 | Spanish-American War, National Guard, Republican to the 64,65,66, Transit Commissioner State of New York |
| Richard Shelby | Alabama ’57 | Senator from Alabama (Republican) |
| Robert Garcia | Long Beach ’01 | U.S. Representative from California 42nd District (Democrat) |
| Robert McLaughlin | Idaho ’46 | Ran for Senate |
| Robert Todd Lincoln | Michigan Alumnus | Son of President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War |
| Rodney Love | Ohio State ’30 | Democrat to the 89 Congress, Elected to Common Pleas court 68-80, Ohio Supreme Court |
| Roger Mills | Michigan Alumnus | US Representative, Texas, US Senator |
| Samuel Johnson | SMU ’51 | U.S. Representative from Texas |
| Sidney Taliaferro | Georgetown ’13 | Commissioner of Washington, DC |
| Thomas Healy | Georgetown ’17 | Assistant Dean, Georgetown University, expert on national defense |
| Thomas Michalski | Michigan ’56 | City Planner (Who’s Who 1986) |
| Thomas Settle | Virginia ’10 | Former Secretary National Park and Planning Commission |
| Thomas Wright | Oklahoma ’34 | Member of the Oklahoma legislature as a student |
| Tracey Mann | Kansas State ’00 | U.S. Representative from Kansas 1st Congressional District (Republican) |
| Victor Elliot | Michigan Alumnus | Former Supreme Court Justice, Colorado |
| Walter Beebe | Chicago-Kent 1896 | Former State Representative, Illinois |
| William Bennet | Albany Law ’92 | New York State Assembly 01-02, Republican elected to 59,60,61,64 Congress, American delegate to the 17th International Congress Against Alcoholism in Copenhagen, Vive-President Edward Hines associated lumber, coal, and railroad organizations. |
| William Day | Michigan ’00 | Former Federal Judge, Ohio, First ever Delta Chi Federal Judge |
| William Grace | Georgetown ’05 | US Consul at Sheffield, England |
| William Jackson, Jr. | Virginia ’08 | U.S. District Attorney for the Canal Zone, 1914-15 (Democrat) |
| William Jennings Bryan | Georgetown Alumnus | Famous orator, presidential candidate, “The Great Commoner” |
| William Kelley | USC ’12 | Former United States District Attorney |
| William Leary | Minnesota 1894 | Star Quarterback in 1894, Judge of Hennepin County, Minneapolis |
| William McCrea | Cornell ’00 | Former State Representative, Utah |
| William McFarlane | Chicago ’21 | First Lieutenant World War I, Democrat 73, 74, 75 Congress,Special Assistant to Attorney General 46-51, |
| William Moore | Osgoode Hall 1897 | Member of Parliament – Dominion |
| William Morgan | Michigan ’08 | Former Attorney General, Wisconsin |
| William Sessions | Kansas ’51 | Former Director of the FBI from 1987-1993 |
| William Stratton | Arizona ’34 | U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49, Illinois state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53, candidate in primary for secretary of state of Illinois, 1944, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1948, delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952, 1956, 1960, Governor of Illinois, 1953-61, candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960 (Republican) |
| Woodrow Horn | Penn State ’39 | Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1960 (Republican) |
| Jim Banks | Indiana 2001 | U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District (Republican) |
Journalism
| Name | Chapter | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Jenkins | Stanford ’40 | Editor of Stanford Daily | |
| Chuck Goudie | Michigan State ’77 | TV investigative reporter, 1998 winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award | |
| Floyd Harrison | Georgetown ’12 | Former Treasurer, The Washington Post | |
| Henry Blake | Northwestern 1893 | Former Editor, Chicago’s Evening Post | |
| John Coleman | Western Michigan ’76 | Editor of Manufacturing Engineering Magazine | |
| Otis Wiese | Wisconsin ’26 | Former Vice President, Director and Editor of McCall Magazine, Publisher of World Book Encyclopedia Science series | |
| Reavis Winckler | USC ’40 | Editor of Daily Trojan | |
| Richard Harkness | Kansas ’28 | Former radio and TV correspondent for NBC | |
| Richard Pryne | UCLA ’40 | Editor of Daily Bruin | |
| Robert Jackson | SMU ’56 | Pulitzer Prize for news photography showing Jack Ruby firing the fatal shot into Lee Harvey Oswald | |
| Robert Martman | Stanford ’38 | Former Reporter, Los Angeles Times |
Law
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Haight | Buffalo (ASC) | Former Court of Appeals Justice, New York |
| Almon Lytle | Buffalo ’03 | Former Supreme Court Justice, New York |
| Arthur Cathcart | Stanford 1896 | Professor of Law, member of Delta Upsilon |
| Arthur LaPrade | Stanford ’42 | Former Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court, Former Attorney General of Arizona |
| B.K. Roberts | Florida ’28 | Former Supreme Court Justice, Florida |
| Bruce Blake | Michigan ’05 | Former Supreme Court Justice, Washington |
| C.F. Rathbun | Chicago-Kent ’04 | Former Special District Attorney Chicago |
| Calvin Barry | Windsor ‘8019s | Ontario District Crown Attorney |
| Carl Maher | Michigan ’07 | Former District Justice, Iowa |
| Carlton Fisher | NYU ’21 | Former Supreme Court Justice, New York |
| Charles Elliot | Minnesota | Former Supreme Court Justice, Minnesota |
| Charles Loring | Minnesota 1898 | Former Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court |
| Charles Plaxton | Osgoode Hall ’13 | Supreme Court of Ontario |
| Clarence Craig | USC ’11 | Former Superior Court Justice, California |
| Cyrus Dietz | Northwestern ’02 | Former Supreme Court Justice, Illinois |
| Dalton Wells | Osgoode Hall ’22 | Former Supreme Court Justice, Ontario Court of Appeals |
| Daniel Kenefick | Buffalo | Former Supreme Court Justice, New York |
| Daniel Reed | Cornell ‘1898 | Lawyer in Dunkirk, New York, 1900-1903, attorney for New York State Excise Department, 1903-1907, football coach at Cornell University, 1909-1918, member, Special Food Conservation Mission to France and England, 1918-1919, member of Congress, 43rd New York District, 1919-1959, member House Ways and Means Committee, 1933-1959, chairman, 1953-1954, chairman of Subcommittee on Social Security, 1948, and delegate to Interparliamentary Union, 1938, 1948-1950, 1952. |
| Edward Eberle | Osgoode Hall ’55 | Justice – Supreme Court of Ontario |
| Edward Hatch | Buffalo | Former Supreme Court Justice, New York |
| Edwin Jaggard | Minnesota | Former Supreme Court Justice, Minnesota |
| Ellwood Chappell | Nebraska ’16 | Justice Nebraska State Supreme Court 1943- |
| Fletcher Brown | USC ’11 | Former Supreme Court Justice, California |
| Frank Ford | Osgoode Hall 1895 | Former Justice of Appeal, Alberta Surpreme Court |
| Frank Rathje | NW ’07 | President of the American Bar Association |
| Frank Smith | Pennsylvania ’08 | President Judge and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia |
| Glenn Fairbrook | Washington ’14 | Former President, Washington State Bar Association |
| Gordon Simpson | Texas ’15 | Texas Supreme Court |
| Gordon Thompson | Southern California ’51 | Chief Judge – US District Court |
| Hall Lusk | Georgetown ’07 | Former Chief Justice Oregon Supreme Court |
| Harley Crosby | Cornell 1897 | Supreme Court of the state of New York |
| Harold Kelly | Buffalo ’27 | Supreme Court for the eighth judicial district of New York |
| Harry Lamson | Buffalo ’00 | Former Associate Judge of the City Court, Buffalo |
| Henry Fletcher | Minnesota ’03 | Professor of Law |
| Herman Wells | ||
| Hon. James Wilkerson | DePauw 1889 | Former Federal District Judge, Sentenced Al Capone, Former State Representative Illinois |
| Howard Ameli | NYU ’05 | Lawyer, member of Tiger Inn – the top eating club at Princeton |
| Ira Thompson | Abracadabra ’09 | Former Supreme Court Justice, California |
| James Cammack Jr. | Kentucky, ’24 | Former Court of Appeals Chief Justice, Kentucky |
| James Gordon Jr. | Pennsylvania ’10 | Former Judge, Pennsylvania |
| John Deane | Osgoode Hall ‘6019s | IBM Canada’s former lawyer |
| John Moore | Osgoode Hall ’06 | Former Senior Justice of the County Court Ontario |
| John Park | Michigan 1893 | Former Circuit Court Justice, Missouri |
| Kenneth Chantry | Stanford ’26 | Los Angeles Superior Court |
| Malcolm MacDonald | Osgoode Hall ’05 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia |
| Matthew Rosenbaum | Hobart ’86 | Supreme Court justice for the Seventh Judicial District of New York State |
| Myron Westover | Michigan 1895 | Former Superior Court Justice, California |
| Norris Bakke | Chicago ’19 | Former Supreme Court Justice, Colorado |
| Patrick Galligan | Osgoode Hall ’50 | Justice – Supreme Court of Ontario |
| Patrick Malone | Union ’65 | Lawyer |
| Robert Rutherford | Osgoode Halll ’50 | Justice-Supreme Court of Ontario |
| Robert Vance | Alabama ’50 | Judge – US Court of Appeals |
| Sidney Clunis | Osgoode Hall ’35 | First Judge called to the Bar of Ontario under Monarch King Edward VII |
| Thomas Nash | Texas ’24 | County Judge of Dallas County, Texas |
| Thomas White | Southern California ’11 | Former Supreme Court Justice, California |
| William Christianson | Chicago ’20 | Supreme Court of Minnesota, judge at the Nuremberg trials |
| Winfield Bardwell | Minnesota ’04 | Judge, member of Theta Delta Chi |
Military
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| “Bud” Mortimer – Howard Sprague | S.M.U. ’33 | Captain of the football team, West Point #8622, LTC, Football Hall of Fame |
| Alex Vraciu | DePauw ’41 | Top fighter pilot, received Navy Cross, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses |
| Alexander MacMillan | Southern Illinois Alumnus | Graduate of West Point ’20, Colonel in the Army |
| Alfred Adams | Iowa ’45 | Graduated from Annapolis, #19400, class of ’47, retired a Lieutenant |
| Bruce Oliver | Cornell ’46 | Graduated from Annapolis, #19119, class of ’47, resigned in 1953 as a Lieutenant |
| Charles Aiello | Arizona ’57 | Captain, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Charles Mizell | Alabama ’41 | US Military Academy class of ’42 #12748, Colonel, multiple Bronze Stars and Legion of Merit |
| David McCracken | Lehigh ’64 | First Lieutenant, 75 missions in Viietnam |
| Donald Gruenther | Oklahoma ’44 | US Military Academy class of ’44 #14017, Colonel, Bronze Star and Legion of Merit |
| Edmund Searby | Abracadabra ’18 | US Military Academy class of ’18 #6073, Brigadier General, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart |
| Gary Mears | Iowa ’58 | Brigadier General, US Air Force |
| George Bell Jr. | US Military Academy class of 1880 #2869, Distinguished Service Medal, Brigadier General | |
| George Stalk | Purdue ’49 | Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam |
| Harold Donley | Kansas ’50 | Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.) |
| Henry Hosman | Illinois ’59 | Captain, Bronze star and 3 Vietnamese medals, including the Vietnamese Medal of Honor 1st Class |
| Herbert Dent | West Virginia ’04 | US Army World War I, circuit judge in West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44 |
| Jack Blanco | LSU ’44 | Member of Flying Tigers in World War II |
| Jack Lawrence | Cornell | Graduated from Naval Academy |
| James Geyer | Purdue ’43 | Annapolis |
| James Greenwald Jr. | Michigan ’24 | US Naval Academy class of ’26 #8154, Commander |
| James Welch | Stanford ’48 | Major General, US Army |
| Jerry Benson | Southern Illinois ’65 | Lieutenant |
| John Perdue | Houston ’63 | 1st Lieutenant, two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Kenneth Gottschall | Penn State ’68 | Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Larry Tibbetts | DePauw ’56 | Major General in the United States Air Force, Former President and CEO of the Uniformed Services Benefit Association (USBA) |
| Otto Lange | Minnesota ’13 | US Military Academy class of ’16 #5592, Brigadier General, Silver Star |
| Otto Walter | Nebraska ’13 | Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1924, 1928 (Democrat) |
| Quincy Campbell | Miami ’44 | Graduated from Annapolis, #18024, class of ’46, resigned as a Lieutenant Commander |
| Raymond Vasquez | NYU ’45 | Graduated from Annapolis, #198691, class of ’48, died March 1949 |
| Richard Wildrick | UCLA ’45 | Graduated from West Point #15414, class of ’46, rank of Colonel |
| Robert Day | Michigan State ’40 | US Army World War II |
| Roscoe Cross | Kentucky ’25 | Rhodes Scholar, Colonel in US Army, Legion of Merit, Law professor |
| William Evans | Illinois ’46 | Graduated from Annapolis, #19041, class of ’47, resigned in 1949 as a Lieutenant |
Sports
| Name | Chapter | Description |
|---|---|---|
Jon Daniels | Cornell ’99 | General Manager for the Texas Rangers; youngest GM in MLB history |
| Tommy Deckard | Indiana ’38 | Member of the 1936 Olympic team; former world record holder in steeplechase |
| Rod Dedeaux | USC ’35 | Former USC coach and college baseball’s “Coach of the Century” |
| Jack Del Rio | USC ’85 | Former head coach of the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Mark Dominik | Kansas ’93 | Former general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Norberto Davids-Garrido | USC ’96 | Former NFL lineman |
| Pat Gillick | USC ’58 | Baseball executive; member of the 2011 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class |
| Nolan Harrison | Indiana ’90 | Former NFL lineman |
| Larry Hines | USC ’64 | Former GM Chicago Cubs |
| Michael Huyghue | Cornell ’84 | Sports lawyer and businessman |
| Don Lash | Indiana ’37 | Winner of the 1938 James E. Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete in the US |
| Ron Mix | USC ’60 | NFL Hall of Fame Member |
| A.J. Preller | Cornell ’99 | GM for the San Diego Padres |
| Sean Salisbury | USC ’85 | Former NFL quarterback and former ESPN analyst |
| Frank Sommer | Pennsylvania 1910 | Former head coach at Michigan State |
| Scott Studwell | Illinois ’76 | Former star Illinois linebacker, two-time Minnesota Viking Pro Bowler |
| Don Thorp | Illinois ’85 | Former Illinois defensive tackle who saw NFL play briefly for three years |
| Rick Welts | Washington ’75 | Current president and chief operating officer for the Golden State Warriors |
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