List of Beta Theta Pi members

Beta Theta Pi is a North American social fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.[1] As of 2025, it consists of 142 active chapters and nineteen colonies in the United States and Canada.[2] It has initiated 227,218 members.[2] Below is a list of some of the notable members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.[3]

Academia

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Thomas Swain Barclay Professor of political science at Stanford University [4][5]
Thomas A. Bartlett Willamette 1951 Chancellor of the University of Alabama System [6]
George F. Baughman Florida 1937 Founding president of New College of Florida [6]
David Ross Boyd Wooster 1878 First president of the University of Oklahoma and president of the University of New Mexico [3]: 956 
Paul Bragdon Amherst 1950 President of Reed College [6]
James S. Buchanan Cumberland 1885 President of the University of Oklahoma [3]: 202 
Thomas Courtice Ohio Wesleyan President of Ohio Wesleyan University [6]
Stanley Coulter Hanover 1870 Dean of Purdue University [3]: 325 
John Patrick Crecine Carnegie Mellon 1961 President of Georgia Tech [6]
William H. Danforth Westminster 1948 Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis [6]
Donald Dawson Missouri 1932 Curator of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum [7]
James Duderstadt Yale 1964 President of the University of Michigan [6]
Joseph Dupuy Eggleston Hampden-Sydney 1886 President of Virginia Tech [3]: 316 
Robert F. Engle Williams 1964 Winner of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; co-director of the Volatility and Risk Institute at New York University Stern School of Business [8]
Robin Hugh Farquhar British Columbia 1960 President of Carleton University [6]
Carl Russell Fish Harvard 1900 Historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison [3]: 69 
Thomas P. Gerrity MIT 1963 Dean of the Wharton School of Business [6]
William Pratt Graham Syracuse 1903 Chancellor of Syracuse University [3]: 739 
Andrew Dousa Hepburn Washington & Jefferson 1851 President of Miami University and Davidson College [3]: 340 
Alexander Q. Holladay Virginia 1859 President of North Carolina State University and Virginia Senate [9][3]: 840 
John S. Hougham Wabash 1846 President of Purdue University [10][3]: 823 
Alfred Hume Vanderbilt 1878 Chancellor of the University of Mississippi [11][3]: 788 
Charles Keeler UC Berkeley 1893 Director of the California Academy of Sciences [6][12]
Samuel Laws Miami University 1848 President of the University of Missouri and Westminster College [3]: 608 
Deane Waldo Malott Kansas 1921 Chancellor of the University of Kansas and president of Cornell University [6]
William Alexander Parsons Martin Indiana 1846 President of the Tongwenguan and the Imperial University of Peking [3]: 355 
David T. McLaughlin Dartmouth 1954 President of Dartmouth College [6]
Dale T. Mortensen Willamette 1961 Professor at Northwestern University and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences [7]
Franklin David Murphy Kansas 1936 Chancellor of the University of Kansas and UCLA [7]
James Kennedy Patterson Hanover 1856 First president of the University of Kentucky [3]: 322 
Steven Sample Illinois 1958 President of the University of Southern California [7]
James M. Sellers Chicago 1916 President of Wentworth Military Academy [3]: 123 
Charles N. Sims DePauw 1859 Chancellor of Syracuse University [3]: 273 
Edgar F. Shannon Jr. W&L 1939 President of the University of Virginia [6]
David Stanton Tappan Miami 1864 President of Miami University [3]: 273 
George Whipple Yale 1905 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934; founding dean of the University of Rochester Medical Center [13]
Timothy M. Wolfe Missouri 1980 President of the University of Missouri System [14]
Y. C. James Yen Yale 1918 Founder of the Chinese Mass Education Movement [7]

Art and architecture

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
John Bakewell Jr. Cal Berkeley 1893 Architect [3]: 82 
George Bellows Ohio State 1905 Realist painter [3]: 612 
Bernard Berenson Boston 1887 Art historian [3]: 43 
Barry Bishop Cincinnati 1951 Photographer for National Geographic and part of the first American team to summit Mount Everest [15]
Arthur Brown Jr. Cal Berkeley 1896 Architect [3]: 83 
Ding Darling Beloit 1899 Cartoonist who won the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning twice, head of the U.S. Biological Survey, and founder and first president of the National Wildlife Federation [1][16][3]: 20 

Astronauts

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Joseph P. Allen DePauw 1959 NASA astronaut; mission Specialist for STS-5 mission aboard Columbia and STS-51A mission aboard Discovery [7]
Kenneth D. Cameron MIT 1971 Management astronaut; naval aviator-astronaut; Colonel, USMC (Ret.); commander for STS-56 mission aboard Discovery and STS-74 mission aboard Atlantis [6]
Paul J. Weitz Penn State 1954 NASA astronaut; naval aviator-astronaut; Captain, USN (Ret.); pilot, Apollo-Skylab 2 (SL-2); commander for STS-6 mission aboard Challenger; deputy director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center [6]

Business

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
John E. Anderson UCLA 1940 Founder of Topa Equities, Ltd.; namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Management
Stephen Bechtel Jr. Purdue 1947 Co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation [7]
Stephen Bechtel Sr. California 1923 Chairman and CEO of the Bechtel Group [7]
Bill Bowerman Oregon 1933 Founder of Nike, Inc. [7]
Donald Bren Washington 1955 Owner of The Irvine Company
Dan Carney Wichita State 1953 Co-founder of Pizza Hut [7]
Douglas Clayton Cornell 1982 CEO of Leopard Capital
Arthur D. Collins Jr. Miami 1969 CEO of Medtronic
William Cook Northwestern 1953 Founder of the Cook Group [7]
David Coulter Carnegie Mellon 1971 Chairman and CEO of BankAmerica Corporation
Ernest Kent Coulter Ohio State 1892 Founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America [3]: 608 
Justin Whitlock Dart Sr. Northwestern 1929 Founder of Dart Industries
Chris DeWolfe Washington 1988 CEO of Myspace.com [6]
David Duffield Cornell 1962 President and CEO of PeopleSoft Inc. [6]
Spencer Eccles Utah 1956 Financier and chairman emeritus of the Intermountain Region of Wells Fargo Corporation [7]
William Esrey Denison 1961 President and CEO of Sprint [6]
Weldon B. Gibson Washington State University 1938 Executive at SRI International [7]
Jeffrey Grayson Oregon 1964 Investment banker, businessman, and criminal [6]
William Herbert Hunt W&L 1951 Investor connected with the silver trading scandal called Silver Thursday [6]
Joel Hyatt Dartmouth 1972 Founder of Hyatt Legal Services [6]
Edgar Kaiser Jr. Stanford 1965 Chairman of the Bank of British Columbia [6]
R. Crosby Kemper Jr. Missouri 1950 President of UMB Financial Corporation [6]
Charles Koch MIT 1957 Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries [6]
David Koch Co-owner and executive vice president of Koch Industries [7][17]
Alan Ladd Jr. Southern California President of United Artists and MGM/UA entertainment
Kenneth Lay Missouri 1967 Chairman and CEO of Enron; indicted/convicted on charges related to Enron's financial collapse [7]
J. Hugh Liedtke Amherst 1942 Founder of Zapata Corporation and CEO of Pennzoil [6]
Conrad Leslie Miami University 1949 Businessman and crop forecaster
Alexander F. Mathews Virginia 1856 Banker and lawyer [3]: 798 
Hugh McColl North Carolina 1957 Chairman and CEO of Bank of America [7]
Steve Miller Southern California 1966 President of Dean Witter Reynolds [6]
J. C. Nichols Kansas 1902 Real estate developer [3]: 428 
Daniel Ninivaggi Columbia 1986 CEO of Lordstown Motors and chairman of Garrett Motion, CEO of Icahn Enterprises and Federal-Mogul [18]
Blake Nordstrom Washington 1982 President of Nordstrom [6]
Bruce Nordstrom Washington 1955 Chairman and CEO of Nordstrom [7]
Erik Nordstrom Washington 1985 Co-president of Nordstrom [6]
John R. Opel Westminster 1948 President of IBM [6]
Charles Lathrop Pack Television 1878 Timberman and economist [19][3]: 923 
Samuel J. Palmisano Johns Hopkins 1973 CEO of IBM
John Henry Patterson Miami University 1867 Founder of National Cash Register [3]: 923 
Donald Petersen Washington 1946 CEO of the Ford Motor Company [7]
Marvin Pierce Miami University 1916 President of the McCall Corporation; father of Barbara Bush [3]: 495 
Mitchell Rales Miami University 1978 Co-founder of Danaher Corporation
Steven Rales DePauw 1973 Co-founder of Danaher
Steven Rogel Washington 1965 CEO of the Weyerhaeuser Company
Mortimer L. Schiff Amherst 1896 Banker and 5th president of the Boy Scouts of America [1][3]: 6 
Frank Shrontz Idaho 1953 Chairman and CEO of The Boeing Company [7]
Jeffrey Skilling Southern Methodist 1975 CEO of Enron; convicted on charges related to Enron's financial collapse
Kenneth A. Spencer Kansas 1921 Founder, president, and CEO of Spencer Chemical Company
Robert K. Steel Duke 1973 President and CEO of Wachovia
G. Kennedy Thompson North Carolina 1973 CEO of Wachovia, 2000–2008; board member of Hewlett-Packard [7]
Sam Walton Missouri 1940 Founder of Wal-Mart [7]
John Warnock Utah 1961 Computer scientist who co-founded Adobe Systems Inc [7]
Fred Wilson MIT 1983 Venture capitalist and prominent blogger
Thornton Wilson Iowa State 1942 Chairman emeritus of the Boeing Co. [6]
Owen D. Young St. Lawrence 1894 Chairman of General Electric, founder of RCA, co-founder of NBC, and US representative to The Hague conference on reparations who developed the Young Plan [20][3]: 703 
John Zeglis University of Illinois 1969 Chairman and CEO of AT&T Wireless[21]

Entertainment

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
James Arness Beloit 1946 Actor known for portraying Matt Dillon in the Television series Gunsmoke [6]
John Backe Miami 1954 President and CEO of CBS [7]
Steve Bellamy Indiana University 1986 Entrepreneur in sports and entertainment known for founding several niche cable Television networks
Bruce Bennett Washington 1928 Film and television actor who won the silver medal for the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics [6]
John Boles Texas 1917 Actor [3]: 758 
Jackson Bostwick Alabama 1965 Actor known for the Television series Shazam!
Kyle Brandt Princeton 2001 Television host, media personality, and actor [22]
Thom Brennaman Ohio 1986 Television sportscaster [6]
Ned Brower Southern Methodist 1998 Drummer and vocalist in the rock quintet Rooney [6]
Phil Brown Stanford 1937 Actor
Robert Butler UCLA 1950 Emmy Award-winning Television director
Jay Chandrasekhar Colgate 1990 Actor and film director [6]
Lloyd Corrigan UC Berkeley 1922 Actor who appeared in more than 90 films
John Doman Pennsylvania 1966 Actor [23]
Bergen Evans Miami 1924 Television personality who won a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting
Neil Everett Willamette 1984 Anchor of SportsCenter
Chet Forte Columbia 1957 Television director known for Monday Night Football [6]
Pat Green Texas Tech 1995 Country music artist [6]
Cary Guffey Florida 1994 Actor known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Leigh Harline Utah 1929 Film composer and songwriter; won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1940 for "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Kevin Heffernan Colgate Actor and a member of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Horace Heidt UC Berkeley 1924 Pianist, big band leader, and radio and Television personality
Foster Hewitt Toronto 1925 Radio broadcaster known for Hockey Night in Canada
Griffin House Miami 2002 Singer-songwriter
Chuck Howard Duke 1955 Emmy Award-winning producer known for Wide World of Sports [6]
Sidney Howard UC Berkeley 1912 Playwright and screenwriter; received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 for They Knew What They Wanted and a posthumous Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1939 for Gone with the Wind [3]: 87 
Jeffrey Jones Lawrence 1968 Actor known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Richard Karn Washington 1978 Actor known for Home Improvement
Burt Kwouk Bowdoin 1953 Actor
Steve Lemme Colgate Actor and a member of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Daniel Lindsay Missouri 2001 Filmmaker known for the Oscar-winning sports documentary Undefeated
David Lloyd Colgate 1983 Anchor for SportsCenter
Pare Lorentz West Virginia 1926 Filmmaker considered to be the father of the modern documentary
David Martin Yale 1965 Television correspondent, journalist, and author for CBS News
Walter Massey MIT 1951 Actor
Les Mayfield Southern California 1982 Film director known for Encino Man and Blue Streak
Max Morath Colorado College 1947 Ragtime pianist and songwriter
Edward P. Morgan Whitman 1932 Broadcast journalist for ABC, CBS, and PBS; Peabody Award winner in 1956 [6]
William R. Moses Wesleyan 1982 Actor known for the 1980s prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest [6]
Kenyon Nicholson Wabash 1917 Playwright and screenwriter [3]: 835 
Lance Norris Whitman 1984 Actor and writer
Frank Pacelli Illinois 1948 Emmy Award-winning director known for The Young and the Restless
George Peppard Purdue 1952 Actor known for Breakfast at Tiffany's and The A-Team [6]
Robert Pine Ohio Wesleyan 1963 Actor known for the television series CHiPs
Robert Reed Northwestern 1954 Actor known for The Brady Bunch
David Richmond-Peck Western Ontario 1996 Actor who has appeared in over 70 film and Television roles
Rivers Rutherford Mississippi 1989 Country music songwriter [7]
Stephen H. Sholes Rutgers 1933 Recording executive, producer, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jeremy Slate St. Lawrence 1952 Actor
Stephen Sondheim Williams 1950 Composer and lyricist known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and West Side Story [6]
Paul Soter Colgate Actor and a member of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Erik Stolhanske Colgate 1991 Actorand a member of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard
Jess Thomas Nebraska 1948 Operatic tenor
Erland Van Lidth De Jeude MIT 1976 Actor
Doodles Weaver Stanford 1937 Character actor, comedian, and musician who hosted The Doodles Weaver Show
Robb Weller Washington 1972 Television personality and game show host known for Entertainment Tonight and Win, Lose or Draw [6]
Adam West Whitman 1951 Actor known for Batman and Family Guy
Brian J. White Dartmouth Actor known for Stomp the Yard [6]
Robert Wilson Texas 1963 Playwright, Obie Award winner for direction, and Olivier Award winner for Best New Opera
Christopher Woodrow Alabama 1999 Hollywood movie producer known for Birdman, Black Mass, and Hacksaw Ridge
Paul Worley Vanderbilt 1972 Record producer who discovered the Dixie Chicks and produced the Grammy Award-winning album Own the Night for Lady Antebellum

Law

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Francis W. H. Adams US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and New York City Police Commissioner [24]
Herschel W. Arant Yale 1911 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and former dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law [25][3]: 961 
Virgil Bouldin Cumberland 1889 Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama and Alabama House of Representatives [26][3]: 203 
David J. Brewer Wesleyan 1955 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Colson Brown 1953 Special Counsel to President Richard M. Nixon; indicted/convicted Watergate conspirator
George A. Cooke Knox 1892 Illinois General Assembly, and chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court [27][3]: 447 
Chuck Douglas Wesleyan 1964 New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice and US House of Representatives from New Hampshire
William O. Douglas Whitman 1920 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [7][28]
Fred Gause Indiana 1900 Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court [3]: 367 
Charles Harold Haden II Oklahoma 1956 US Federal Judge [6]
Frank Herbert Hall Colorado College 1916 Chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court [29][30][3]: 152 
John Marshall Harlan Centre 1850 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [6][3]: 101 
Frank Hogan Columbia 1924 New York County District Attorney
Newell Jennings Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court [28]
Joseph Rucker Lamar Bethany 1877 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [6]
Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. Missouri 1951 Judge on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri [6]
Horace Harmon Lurton Cumberland 1867 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [6]
Samuel Taylor Marshall Ohio 1839 Attorney and co-founder of Beta Theta Pi
Emlin McClain Chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court [16]
Warren Olney Jr. Associate justice of the Supreme Court of California [4]
Ralph O. Olson Carleton 1922 Washington Supreme Court justice [31]
William Robinson Pattangall Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Maine Attorney General, and Maine House of Representatives [32]
John Josiah Robinette Toronto 1926 Canadian lawyer and litigator [7]
John Sopinka Toronto 1958 Puisne Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
Edwin K. Steers Indiana 1937 Indiana Attorney General
Kimbrough Stone Missouri 1895 Judge of the US Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Dickran Tevrizian Southern California 1962 First Armenian-American U.S. Federal Judge [7]
Ralph Gordon Thompson Oklahoma 1956 US Federal Judge [6]
Willis Van Devanter DePauw 1881 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [1][6]
Harold J. Warner Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court [33]
William Burnham Woods Western Reserve 1841 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [6]

Literature and journalism

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Bert Andrews Stanford 1925 Washington-based reporter for the New York Herald Tribune who won a Pulitzer Prize
James Batten Davidson 1957 Journalist and CEO of Knight Ridder [6]
James O'Donnell Bennett Michigan 1893 Journalist known for writing for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Record-Herald
Main Bocher Chicago 1911 Fashion designer and editor-in-chief of the French edition of Vogue
Percy Jewett Burrell Boston 1897 Dramatist and playwright
Byron Calame Missouri 1961 Journalist and deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal [7]
Mark Divine Colgate 1985 Author and retired Navy SEAL Commander
Dick Durrell Minnesota 1950 Publisher of People magazine [6]
Howard Fineman Colgate 1970 Journalist and Television commentator; global editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group [7]
George Fitch Knox College 1897 Author and journalist
William Harrison Fetridge Northwestern 1930 Maritime writer, vice-president of Popular Mechanics, and president of the Dartnell Corporation [6]
Sam Walter Foss Brown 1882 Poet known for The House by the Side of the Road and The Coming American
David Hirshey Dickinson 1971 Book editor who served as senior vice president and executive editor of HarperCollins
Richard Hooker Bowdoin 1945 Writer and surgeon known for his novel MASH [6]
L. D. Hotchkiss Iowa Wesleyan / Iowa 1916 Newspaper journalist who served as editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times
Kermit Hunter Ohio 1931 Author and playwright [6]
Russell Janney Yale 1906 Theatrical producer and author known for his 1946 best-selling novel The Miracle of the Bells, which was made into a film of the same name in 1948[34]
Ken Kesey Oregon 1957 Author known for his 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [6]
Laird Koenig Washington 1949 Author [35]
David Lamb Maine 1962 Los Angeles Times correspondent
Charles Wesley Leffingwell Knox College Editor of The Living Church magazine
Norman Maclean Dartmouth 1924 Author known for his 1976 novel A River Runs Through It, which was made into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 1992 [36]
Karl Marlantes Yale 1967 Author known for the novel Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard Missouri 1888 Journalist and newspaper editor; founder of the China Weekly Review and author of seven influential books on the Far East[37]
Harry Allen Overstreet California 1899 Writer and author known for the best-selling book The Mature Mind
Albert Shaw Johns Hopkins 1884 Journalist who was the founder and editor of The American Review of Reviews
Bob Thomas UCLA 1943 Hollywood reporter for the Associated Press
Frederick N. Ward Florida 1957 Photojournalist

Military

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
George M. Browning Jr. UCLA 1952 Lieutenant General, US Air Force (Ret.); Command Pilot; fighter pilot (F-86 Sabre, F-102 Delta Dagger, F-4 Phantom II); commander, 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing; Comptroller of the Air Force [38]
Omar Bundy DePauw 1881 Major General, US Army (Ret.), initiated counter-attack that saved Paris from impending capture by the Germans in World War I; namesake of USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152)
Enoch Crowder Missouri 1887 Major General, US Army; Judge Advocate General of the US Army; US Army Provost Marshall General; oversaw the drafting and administration of the Selective Service Act of 1917; US Ambassador to Cuba [39]
Eric Erickson Cornell 1921 Swedish national who served as an intelligence agent for the US Office of Strategic Services during World War II
Terrence C. Graves Miami 1967 2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps, infantry officer, 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company; Medal of Honor recipient (posthumous) during Vietnam War
James Wallace Haverfield Ohio State 1939 Ensign, US Naval Reserve; killed aboard the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; namesake of USS Haverfield (DE-393)
Joe W. Kelly DePauw 1931 General, US Air Force (Ret.); attended DePauw 1927–28, then transferred to U.S. Military Academy, class of 1932; Command Pilot; Martin B-26 Marauder bomber pilot and Commander of 386th Bomb Group (Medium) during World War II; later commanded various Strategic Air Command bomber units; first four-star Commander of Military Air Transport Service in the 1960s, to include during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis [40]
Jonathan Letterman Washington & Jefferson 1845 Major and surgeon, Union Army/Army of the Potomac; medical director of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War; known as the "father of battlefield medicine"; namesake of the Letterman Army Medical Center, now the Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco [41]
James Rogers McConnell Virginia 1910 Sergeant and fighter pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille
Thomas McGuire Georgia Tech 1944 Major, US Army Air Forces fighter pilot and World War II aerial fighter ace (second highest scoring US ace of WW II); posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor; namesake of McGuire Air Force Base (now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst)
Emory Jenison Pike Iowa Wesleyan 1899 Lieutenant Colonel, US Army; infantry officer; Medal of Honor recipient (posthumous) during World War I; the only West Point graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I
Everett P. Pope Bowdoin 1941 Major, US Marine Corps; Medal of Honor recipient during World War II [42]
William B. Rosson Oregon 1940 General, US Army (Ret.), Combat Infantryman, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for valor during the invasion of Anzio in World War II; deputy commander of US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; commander in chief, US Southern Command
John T. Thompson Indiana 1881 Brigadier General, US Army (Ret.), artillery officer and ordnance officer; inventor of the Thompson submachine gun
David C. Waybur UC Berkeley 1942 1st Lieutenant, US Army, Medal of Honor recipient; killed in action in Germany, 28 Mar 1945, two years after the action which earned him the MOH; recipient of the Silver Star and the Purple Heart

Politics

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Theodore C. Achilles Stanford 1925 US Ambassador to Peru [24]
Joe Allbaugh Oklahoma State 1974 Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency [7]
John Mills Allen Cumberland 1869 US House of Representatives from Mississippi
A. Piatt Andrew Wabash 1892 US House of Representatives from Massachusetts
William Hepburn Armstrong Princeton 1847 US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Owen Aspinall Denison 1949 Governor of American Samoa
Wayne N. Aspinall Denver 1919 US House of Representatives from Colorado, Colorado House of Representatives, Colorado Senate [29]
Charles Montague Bakewell California 1889 US House of Representatives from Connecticut and Connecticut State Senate [28]
George Thomas Barnes Georgia 1853 US House of Representatives from Georgia
Lewis O. Barrows Maine 1916 Governor of Maine and Secretary of State of Maine [32]
John L. Bates Boston 1882 Governor of Massachusetts and Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives [20]
Albert I. Beach Kansas 1905 Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri [17]
James Andrew Beall Texas 1890 US House of Representatives from Texas
James A. Beaver Washington and Jefferson 1856 Governor of Pennsylvania
James T. Begg Wooster 1903 US House of Representatives from Ohio
Michael Bennet Wesleyan 1987 US Senator from Colorado
Thomas Warren Bennett DePauw 1855 US House of Representatives from Idaho and Governor of Idaho Territory
Ami Bera UC Irvine 1987 US House of Representatives from California
Albert S. Berry Miami 1856 US House of Representatives from Kentucky
Richard W. Blue Washington and Jefferson 1864 US House of Representatives from Kansas
Hale Boggs Tulane 1935 US House of Representatives from Louisiana [6][43]
Newton Booth DePauw 1846 US Senator from California and Governor of California
William Borah Kansas 1884 US Senator from Idaho [1]
Henry Sherman Boutell Iowa 1873 US House of Representatives from North Dakota, Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal, and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland
Emmett Forest Branch Indiana 1896 Governor of Indiana
Louis J. Brann Maine 1898 Governor of Maine, Maine House of Representatives, and Mayor of Lewiston, Maine [32]
Donald G. Brotzman Colorado 1943 US House of Representatives from Colorado, Colorado House of Representatives, and United States Attorney for Colorado [29]
Charles Hillman Brough Johns Hopkins 1898 Governor of Arkansas [44]
B. Gratz Brown Transylvania 1846 US Senator from Kentucky
John Young Brown Centre 1855 US House of Representatives from Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky
Norris Brown Iowa 1883 US Senator from Nebraska
Webster E. Brown Wisconsin 1874 US House of Representatives from Wisconsin
Henry Augustus Buchtel DePauw 1872 Governor of Colorado
George S. Buck Mayor of Buffalo, New York [24]
Joseph R. Burton Hanover 1873 US Senator from Kansas
John Marshall Butler Johns Hopkins 1921 US Senator from Maryland
William D. Bynum Indiana 1869 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Jo Byrns Vanderbilt 1890 US House of Representatives from Tennessee and Speaker of the US House of Representatives
Courtney W. Campbell US House of Representatives from Florida [45]
Ezekial Samuel Candler Jr. Mississippi 1881 US House of Representatives from Mississippi
Rush Clark Washington and Jefferson 1853 US House of Representatives from Iowa
Frank G. Clarke Dartmouth 1873 US House of Representatives from New Hampshire
Cassius Marcellus Clay US ambassador to Russia, Kentucky House of Representatives, and Kentucky Senate [46]
Isaac Clements DePauw 1859 US House of Representatives from Illinois
John Coburn Wabash 1846 United States Representative from Indiana, Associate Justice of Montana Territorial Supreme Court, Secretary of the Territory of Montana, and Brigadier General in the United States Army [33]
Schuyler Colfax DePauw 1854 Vice President of the United States, US House of Representatives from Indiana; Speaker of the US House of Representatives
Daniel Webster Comstock Ohio Wesleyan 1860 US House of Representatives from Indiana
John Sherman Cooper Centre 1923 US Senator from Kentucky; US Ambassador to India, US Ambassador to Nepal, and US Ambassador to West Germany [7][46]
Norris Henry Cotton Wesleyan 1923 US Senator from New Hampshire, US House of Representatives from New Hampshire, and Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives [47]
William S. Cowherd Missouri 1881 US House of Representatives from Missouri and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
William B. Cravens Missouri 1893 US House of Representatives from Arkansas
Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. Missouri 1882 Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
George W. Cromer Indiana 1882 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Charles N. Crosby Western Reserve 1897 US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania [48]
Enoch Crowder Missouri 1886 US Ambassador to Cuba [1][49]
Lee Cruce Vanderbilt 1885 Governor of Oklahoma [46]
William Cumback DePauw 1853 US House of Representatives from Indiana and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
John A. Danaher Yale 1920 US Senator from Connecticut, judge of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Secretary of the State of Connecticut [28]
John E. Davis North Dakota 1935 Governor of North Dakota, director of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, and North Dakota Senate [50]
Mark L. De Motte DePauw 1853 US House of Representatives from Indiana
David Dewhurst Arizona 1967 Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Robert Docking Kansas 1946 Governor of Kansas and mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Ozro J. Dodds Miami 1861 US House of Representatives from Ohio
Bob Dold Denison 1991 US House of Representatives from Illinois
John E. Dolibois Miami 1942 US Ambassador to Luxembourg [7]
Chuck Douglas Wesleyan 1964 US House of Representatives from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice
Adolph Dubs Beloit 1942 US Ambassador to Afghanistan
Tony Earl Michigan State 1958 Governor of Wisconsin [6]
Harvey J. Eckley Washington & Jefferson 1868 Member of Ohio Senate and judge [51]
Alonzo J. Edgerton Wesleyan 1850 US Senator from Minnesota, Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, and United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
Paul C. Edmunds Virginia 1856 US House of Representatives from Virginia
Samuel Hitt Elbert Ohio Wesleyan 1854 Governor of the Colorado Territory, Secretary of the Territory of Colorado, and chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
William Elliott Virginia 1858 US House of Representatives from South Carolina
Ezekiel John Ellis Centenary 1859 US House of Representatives from Louisiana
Robert Ellsworth Kansas 1946 US House of Representatives from Kansas, US Permanent Representative to NATO, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Oscar R. Ewing 3rd Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, vice-chair of Democratic National Committee, lawyer, social reformer, and one of the main authors of the Fair Deal program [33]
Joseph S. Farland West Virginia 1938 US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, US Ambassador to Panama, US Ambassador to Iran, and US Ambassador to Pakistan [6][52]
Joseph R. Farrington Wisconsin 1919 US House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory district and Hawaii Territorial Senate
Wallace Rider Farrington Maine 1891 Governor of the Territory of Hawaii
Charles James Faulkner VMI 1868 US Senator from West Virginia
Mark Felt Idaho 1935 Associate Director of the FBI; exposed the Nixon administration's corruption as "Deep Throat"
Scott Field Virginia 1868 US House of Representatives from Texas
George Benson Fox Ohio Wesleyan 1861 Ohio Senate and Ohio General Assembly
David R. Francis Washington University in St. Louis 1870 Governor of Missouri, US Secretary of the Interior, US Ambassador to Russia, and president of Louisiana Purchase Exposition [1][46]
Bob Franks DePauw 1973 US House of Representatives from New Jersey [6]
William E. Fuller Iowa 1870 US House of Representatives from Iowa
Samuel Galloway Miami 1855 US House of Representatives from Ohio
Alexander H. Garnjost New York State Assembly [24]
Dick Gephardt Northwestern 1962 US House of Representatives from Missouri; US House Minority Leader [6]
Jack Geraghty Washington 1956 Mayor of Spokane, Washington [6]
John Milton Glover Washington University in St. Louis 1871 US House of Representatives from Missouri
Abe Goff Idaho 1922 US House of Representatives from Idaho and Idaho Senate [53]
Stephen Goldsmith Wabash 1968 Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana [6]
John B. Gordon Georgia 1854 US Senator from Georgia, Governor of Georgia, and major general in the Confederate States Army [6]
Howard Mason Gore Governor of West Virginia and United States Secretary of Agriculture, and West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture [54]
Miles T. Granger Wesleyan 1842 US House of Representatives from Connecticut
Levi T. Griffin Michigan 1857 US House of Representatives from Michigan
George Blackmore Guild Cumberland 1855 Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
Steve Gunderson Wisconsin 1973 US House Representative from Wisconsin [6]
Fred L. Hadsel US Ambassador to Somalia and US Ambassador to Ghana [55]
William T. Haines Maine 1876 Governor of Maine [56]
H. R. Haldeman UCLA 1948 White House Chief of Staff; convicted Watergate scandal conspirator [6]
Benton Jay Hall Miami 1855 US House of Representatives from Iowa
Charles A. Halleck Indiana 1922 US House of Representatives from Indiana [33]
John Hanna DePauw 1858 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Mike Harcourt British Columbia 1963 Premier of British Columbia and mayor of Vancouver [6]
Charles Henry Hardin Miami 1841 Governor of Missouri [46]
James Harlan DePauw 1845 US Senator from Iowa; United States Secretary of the Interior
Henry R. Harris Emory 1847 US House of Representatives from Georgia
Louis P. Harvey Western Reserve 1840 Governor of Wisconsin
Mark Hatfield Willamette 1943 US Senator and Governor of Oregon [7]
Joe Heck Penn State 1984 US House of Representatives from Nevada
Pat Henry Mississippi 1882 US House of Representatives from Mississippi
Robert R. Hitt DePauw 1855 US House of Representatives from Illinois
George Hoadly Western Reserve 1844 Governor of California and US House of Representatives from California
Henry William Hoffman Washington and Jefferson 1846 US House of Representatives from Maryland
Glen Holden Sr. Oregon 1951 US Ambassador to Jamaica [7]
Edward E. Holland Richmond 1879 US House of Representatives from Virginia
Linwood Holton W&L 1945 Governor of Virginia [6]
Stanley Hornbeck Colorado 1903 US Ambassador to the Netherlands
Jonas G. Howard DePauw 1847 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Frank N. Ikard Texas 1932 US House Representative from Texas [6]
Clifford C. Ireland Knox 1901 US House of Representatives from Illinois [27]
James F. Izlar Emory 1855 US House of Representatives from South Carolina
Craig James Florida 1963 US House of Representatives from Florida [6]
William Marion Jardine Kansas State 1894 US Secretary of Agriculture, US Ambassador to Egypt, president of Kansas State Agricultural College, and Kansas State Treasurer [1][17]
Eric M. Javits Columbia 1952 Ambassador to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [7]
Leslie Jensen South Dakota Governor of South Dakota
Martin N. Johnson Iowa 1873 US Senator from North Dakota
Brereton C. Jones Virginia 1961 Governor of Kentucky, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, and West Virginia House of Delegates [6][46]
Doug Jones Alabama 1976 US Senator from Alabama
David Karnes Nebraska 1971 US Senator from Nebraska
James P. Kem Missouri 1910 US Senator from Missouri
William E. Kemp Missouri 1914 Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Peter Kinder Missouri 1976 Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
William M. Kinsey Monmouth 1869 US Representative from Missouri
William F. Kopp Iowa Wesleyan 1892 US Representative from Iowa
Edward H. Kruse Indiana 1940 US Representative from Indiana
Bruce Kyle Florida House of Representatives [45][57]
Robert M. La Follette Jr. Wisconsin 1917 US Senator from Wisconsin and Governor of Wisconsin [1]
Charles B. Landis Wabash 1883 US Representative from Indiana
Milton Latham Jefferson 1843 US Senator from California and Governor of California
John J. Lentz Wooster 1881 US Representative from Ohio
Fred D. Letts Iowa 1899 US Representative from Iowa
David Linton Miami 1839 Ohio State Senator; co-founder of Beta Theta Pi
Tom Loeffler Texas 1971 US House Representative from Texas [6]
Frank O. Lowden Iowa 1885 US House Representative from Illinois and Governor of Illinois [1]
Richard Lugar Denison 1954 US Senator from Indiana and Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana [58][33]
Ray Mabus Mississippi 1969 Governor of Mississippi, US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Secretary of the Navy [7]
Humphrey Marshall Transylvania 1845 US House of Representatives from Kentucky and US Minister to China
Roger Marshall Kansas State 1984 US Senator from Kansas
James G. Martin Davidson 1957 US House of Representatives and Governor of North Carolina [7][25]
Henry M. Mathews West Virginia 1857 Governor of West Virginia
Courtland C. Matson DePauw 1862 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Stanley Matthews Cincinnati 1842 US Senator from Ohio; US Supreme Court Justice
John J. McCloy Amherst 1916 United States Assistant Secretary of War and presidential advisor
James L. McConaughy Yale 1909 Governor of Connecticut and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut [28]
John W. McCormick Ohio 1855 US House of Representatives from Ohio
James W. McDill Miami 1853 US House of Representatives from Iowa
Joseph E. McDonald DePauw 1849 US Senator from Indiana
David McKinley Purdue 1969 US House of Representatives from West Virginia, member of West Virginia House of Delegates [54]
William P. McLean North Carolina 1857 US House of Representatives from Texas
William H. McMaster Beloit 1899 US Senator from South Dakota and Governor of South Dakota [1]
Paul V. McNutt Indiana 1913 Governor of Indiana and first US Ambassador to the Philippines [33]
Robert W. Miers Indiana 1870 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Andrew Jackson Montague Richmond 1882 US House of Representatives from Virginia and Governor of Virginia
J. Waldo Monteith Toronto 1927 Member of the House of Commons of Canada
Arch A. Moore Jr. West Virginia 1951 Governor of West Virginia and US House of Representatives from West Virginia [1][7][54]
Dwight Morrow Amherst 1895 Senator from New Jersey and US Ambassador to Mexico
Oliver P. Morton Miami 1847 Governor of Indiana
David C. Mulford Lawrence 1959 US Ambassador to India [7]
John Mutz Northwestern 1957 Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and President of Lilly Endowment
Albinus Nance Knox 1868 Governor of Nebraska
Bill Nelson Yale 1964 US House of Representatives from Florida, US Senator from Florida, State Treasurer of Florida; [7][59]
John Stoughton Newberry Michigan 1847 US House of Representatives from Michigan
Dick Nichols Kansas State 1951 US House of Representatives from Kansas [6]
Don Nickles Oklahoma State 1971 US Senator from Oklahoma [6]
John W. Noble Miami 1850 US Secretary of the Interior
Jeremiah E. O'Connell Boston 1906 US House of Representatives from Rhode Island and justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court [20]
Benjamin Odell Bethany 1877 US House of Representatives from New York
Richard B. Ogilvie Yale 1945 Governor of Illinois [27]
Alvin M. Owsley Texas 1912 US Ambassador to Romania
Bob Packwood Willamette 1954 US Senator from Oregon [60]
Halbert E. Paine Western Reserve 1845 US House of Representatives from Wisconsin
Guy Brasfield Park Missouri 1896 Governor of Missouri [39]
Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. Nebraska 1909 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, US Ambassador to Guatemala, and US Minister to Switzerland, vice-president and director of the National Broadcasting Co., and chairman of RKO Corp. [61]
John M. Pattison Ohio Wesleyan 1869 US House of Representatives from Ohio and Governor of Ohio
George Smith Patton VMI 1877 Mayor of San Marino, California and father of General George S. Patton [62]
James Paull West Virginia Senate [54]
Boies Penrose Harvard 1881 US Senator from Pennsylvania
William J. Perry Carnegie Mellon 1949 US Secretary of Defense [6]
David Peterson Western Ontario 1966 Premier of Ontario [6]
Walter R. Peterson Jr. Dartmouth 1947 Governor of New Hampshire
Bill Phelps Missouri 1956 US House of Representatives from Missouri
Robert H. Phinny North Carolina 1945 US Ambassador to Swaziland [6]
Michael Pitfield St. Lawrence 1956 Canadian Senator
Henry Moses Pollard Dartmouth 1857 US House of Representatives from Missouri
John G. Pollard Richmond 1891 Governor of Virginia
Laurence Pope Bowdoin 1967 US Ambassador to Chad
Andrew Jackson Poppleton Michigan 1851 Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Albert G. Porter DePauw 1843 Governor of Indiana; US House of Representatives from Indiana; and US Minister to Italy
George M. Pritchard North Carolina 1907 US House of Representatives from North Carolina
Jacob J. Pugsley Miami US House of Representatives from Ohio
Matthew Quay Jefferson 1850 US Senator from Pennsylvania
Saul Rae Texas 1936 Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, Canadian Ambassador to Mexico, Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala and the Netherlands
Joseph L. Rawlins Indiana 1874 US Senator from Utah
John H. Ray Minnesota 1908 US House of Representatives from New York
Henry Augustus Reeves Michigan 1852 US House of Representatives from Michigan
Robert R. Reynolds North Carolina 1906 US Senator from North Carolina [63]
John Jacob Rhodes Kansas State 1938 US House of Representatives from Arizona; US House Minority Leader [7][64]
Robert G. Rich Jr. Florida 1952 US Ambassador to Belize [6]
Ira E. Rider St. Lawrence 1888 US House of Representatives from New York
Richard O. Ristine Wabash 1941 Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and Indiana Senate [7]
William Alfred Robinson Toronto 1925 Member of the Canadian House of Commons
Charlie Rose Davidson 1961 US House of Representatives from North Carolina [6]
Arthur B. Rouse Hanover 1896 US House of Representatives from Kentucky
Thomas L. Rubey Missouri 1885 US House of Representatives from Missouri
Eugene P. Ruehlmann Cincinnati 1947 Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio [55]
Aimaro Satō DePauw 1881 Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Jake Sawatzky British Columbia 2024 Member of the Canadian House of Commons [65]
Daniel Schaefer South Dakota 1958 US House of Representatives from Colorado [6]
Charles Frederick Scott Kansas 1881 US House of Representatives from Kansas and Kansas State Senator
Harvey D. Scott DePauw 1850 US House of Representatives from Indiana
Townsend Scudder Columbia 1888 US House of Representatives from New York
Fred A. Seaton Kansas State 1931 US Secretary of the Interior, US Senator from Nebraska, and Assistant Secretary of Defense [17]
Philip Sharp DePauw 1964 US House of Representatives from Indiana [6]
David Sholtz Yale 1914 Governor of Florida
Scott Sifton Truman State 1996 Member of the Missouri Senate
George G. Siebels Jr. Virginia 1937 Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
Arnold Smith Toronto 1935 Canadian Ambassador to Egypt the USSR
Denny Smith Willamette 1960 US House of Representatives from Oregon [6]
Frank Ellis Smith Mississippi 1941 US House of Representatives from Mississippi
John M. C. Smith Michigan 1881 US House of Representatives from Michigan
Bertrand Snell Amherst 1894 US House of Representatives from New York
Earl Snell Oregon 1907 Governor of Oregon
Charles Wilbert Snow Bowdoin 1907 Governor of Connecticut
Zack Space Kenyon 1983 US House of Representatives from Ohio [6]
William B. Spencer Centenary 1855 US House of Representatives from Louisiana
John Spratt Davidson 1964 US House of Representatives from South Carolina [6]
William McKendree Springer Indiana 1857 US House of Representatives from Illinois
William Francis Stevenson Davidson 1885 US House of Representatives from South Carolina
Kevin Stitt Oklahoma State 1995 Governor of Oklahoma
Edward C. Stokes Brown 1883 Governor of New Jersey
Reginald H. Sullivan Wabash 1897 Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
Howard Sutherland Westminster 1889 US Senator from West Virginia
Robert Franklin Sutherland Toronto 1911 Member of the Canadian House of Commons
Mike Synar Oklahoma 1972 US House Representative from Oklahoma [6]
Charles Phelps Taft II Yale 1918 Governor of Ohio and Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio [55]
Leon Rutherford Taylor Denison 1907 Governor of New Jersey
Charles M. Teague US House of Representatives for California [4]
Hosea Townsend Western Reserve 1864 US House of Representatives from Colorado
Henry St. George Tucker III W&L 1875 US House of Representatives from Virginia
John Turner British Columbia 1952 Prime Minister of Canada [7]
Al Ullman Whitman 1935 US House of Representatives from Oregon
William H. Upson Western Reserve 1842 US House of Representatives from Ohio
Daniel W. Voorhees DePauw 1849 US Senator from Indiana
Durbin Ward Miami 1843 Member of the Kentucky General Assembly and brevet brigadier general during the Civil War
George B. Ward Cumberland 1887 Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
John H. Ware III US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State Senate [66]
John Warner W&L 1950 Secretary of the Navy; US Senator from Virginia; namesake of the attack submarine USS John Warner (SSN-785) [7][52]
Albert Henry Washburn American Envoy Extraordinary and US Minister to Austria [1][20]
Walter A. Watson Hampden-Sydney 1887 US House of Representatives from Virginia and Virginia Senate
Claude Weaver Texas 1887 US House of Representatives from Oklahoma
Ed Weber Denison 1953 US House of Representatives from Ohio
Tom Wheeler Ohio State 1968 Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Kenneth S. Wherry Nebraska 1914 US Senator and Senate Minority Leader, Nebraska Senate [61]
William F. Whiting Amherst 1886 US Secretary of Commerce
Jamie Whitten Mississippi 1933 US House of Representatives from Mississippi [7]
Ben M. Williamson Bethany 1886 US Senator from Kentucky
Wendell Willkie Indiana 1916 1940 Republican Party nominee for President of the United States and member of Indiana House of Representatives [33]
Charles Erwin Wilson Carnegie 1909 US Secretary of Defense
Joseph G. Wilson Miami 1846 US House of Representatives from Oregon
Charles E. Winter Iowa Wesleyan 1892 US House of Representatives from Wyoming; acting Governor of Puerto Rico
Bill Wirtz Beloit 1933 US Secretary of Labor
John Sergeant Wise Virginia 1867 US House of Representatives from Virginia and United States Attorney for the

Eastern District of Virginia

Josiah O. Wolcott Wesleyan 1901 US Senator from Delaware, chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, and Attorney General of Delaware [67]
Wendell Wyatt Oregon 1939 US House of Representatives from Oregon
J. Smith Young Centenary 1855 US House of Representatives from Louisiana
Philip Young St. Lawrence 1931 US Ambassador to the Netherlands
Eugene M. Zuckert Yale 1933 United States Secretary of the Air Force

Religion

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Charles E. Bennison Lawrence 1965 Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania [6]
Earl Cranston Ohio 1861 Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church
Christopher Epting Florida 1969 Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa [6]
Gregory Parkes Florida State University 1986 Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg

Sports

Name Chapter and year Notability Ref.
Fred Ahern Bowdoin 1974 NHL player with the California Seals, Cleveland Barons, and Colorado Rockies [6]
Ethan Allen Cincinnati 1926 Major League Baseball player; head baseball coach at Yale University
Frank Baumholtz Ohio 1941 Professional basketball player and Major League Baseball player [68]
Matty Bell Centre 1920 College football player, college football coach, and athletic administrator [69]
Jim Benepe Northwestern 1986 Professional golfer [6]
Earl Blaik Miami 1918 Head football coach at Dartmouth College and the United States Military Academy [69]
Carl Blaurock Colorado Mines 1916 Mountaineer, first American to climb all mountains over 14,000 feet in the continental US
Joe Bottom Southern California 1977 1976 Summer Olympics silver medalist in 100m butterfly strokey [6]
Don Bragg UCLA 1959 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist in pole vault [70]
Evan Brown SMU 2017 Center for the New York Giants, Cleveland Browns, and Detroit Lions
Mike Brown Dartmouth 1957 President and general manager of the Cincinnati Bengals [7][70]
Dave Brundage Oregon State 1986 Minor League Baseball player and coach [71]
Jim Brunzell Minnesota 1971 Professional wrestler and co-author of the Killer Bees comic book series [6]
George Buehler Stanford 1969 Professional football player with the Los Angeles Raiders [6]
John Bunn Kansas 1920 Key contributor to the game of basketball [6]
Guy Chamberlin Nebraska 1916 College and pro football Hall of Famer: 5x NFL champion (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926) [69]
Pete Cipollone California 1994 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist, rowing [6]
Bob Clotworthy Ohio State 1954 1952 Summer Olympics silver medalist and 1956 Summer Olympics gold medalist in springboard diving [6]
Roy Cochran Indiana 1941 1948 Summer Olympics gold medalist, 400m hurdles, 4 × 400 m relay [6]
Ron Coder Penn State 1976 Professional football player with Seattle Seahawks [6][70]
Don Cohan Amherst 1951 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, sailing [6]
Eddie Collins Columbia 1907 Major League Baseball Hall of Famer with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, won Six (6) World Series. World Series MVP in 1924. [6]
Don Coryell Washington 1947 Coach of the San Diego Chargers [69]
Mel Counts Oregon State 1964 Professional basketball player who won two NBA titles with the Boston Celtics; Olympic gold medalist in basketball, 1964 [6]
Edgar Diddle Centre 1919 Basketball coach at Western Kentucky University; first coach to win 1,000 games at one school [6]
DeLoss Dodds Kansas State 1959 University of Texas at Austin athletic director [7]
Charles Doe Stanford 1920 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics gold medalist, rugby [6]
Bobby Douglass Kansas 1969 Professional football player with the Chicago Bears [6]
Eddie Eagan Denver 1920 1920 Summer Olympics gold medalist, boxing 178-lb and 1932 Winter Olympics gold medalist in bobsledding [6][29]
Keith Fahnhorst Minnesota 1974 Professional football player with San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl XVI & XIX Champion [6]
Max Falkenstien Kansas 1947 Kansas Jayhawks radio announcer [72]
John Ferris Stanford 1971 1968 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the 200M and 200 butterfly stroke [6]
Jay Fiedler Dartmouth 1994 Professional football player with the Miami Dolphins [6]
Dow Finsterwald Ohio 1952 Professional golfer [7]
Jeff Float Southern California 1983 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 4x200 freestyle relay [6]
Travis Ford Missouri 1991 Head basketball coach for Oklahoma State University
Ken Forsch Oregon State 1969 Major League Baseball; two-time All-Star team selection; pitched a no-hitter on 7 April 1979
Bruce Furniss Southern California 1979 1976 Summer Olympics gold medalist, 4x200 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle swimming [6]
Steve Furniss Southern California 1975 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 200 IM swimming [6]
Dave Gagnon Colgate 1991 Professional hockey player with the Detroit Red Wings [6]
George Glamack North Carolina early 1940s All American basketball with the NBL, Rookie of the Year 1942
Iñaki Gómez British Columbia 2010 2012 Summer Olympics Canadian team member, race walking
Gail Goodrich UCLA 1965 Professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers [6]
Dan Greenbaum Southern California 1992 1992 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, volleyball [6]
Dan Guerrero UCLA 1974 UCLA Bruins athletic director [73]
Ed Hamm Georgia Tech 1928 1928 Summer Olympics gold medalist, long jump [6]
George Harrison Stanford 1961 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist, 4x200 freestyle relay [6]
Dick Harter North Carolina 1952 NBA coach; first head coach for the Charlotte Hornets [6]
Homer Hazel Rutgers 1925 Football player and coach [69]
Alan Helffrich Penn State 1925 1924 Summer Olympics gold medalist, 4 × 400 m relay [6]
Bob Higgins Penn State 1918 Professional football player and college football coach [69]
Mark Jerue Washington 1982 Professional football player with the New York Jets [6]
Brian Job Stanford 1968 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 200m breaststroke [6]
Brandt Jobe UCLA 1989 Professional golfer [6]
Grier Jones Oklahoma State 1968 Professional golfer [6]
Charlie Justice North Carolina 1950 Professional football player with the Washington Redskins; three-time All-American [69]
Robert Kane Cornell 1934 President of the US Olympic Committee
Jeff Kemp Dartmouth 1981 Professional football player with the Los Angeles Rams for 5 seasons. [6]
Shahid Khan Illinois 1971 Owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars [7]
Johnny Kitzmiller Oregon 1930 College and professional football player with the New York Giants [69]
William Koch MIT 1962 1992 America's Cup winner [7]
George Kojac Rutgers 1931 1928 Summer Olympics gold medalist, 100 backstroke, 4x200 relay [6]
Ryan Kuehl Virginia 1995 Professional football player [6]
Cawood Ledford Centre College University of Kentucky basketball commentator [74]
David Lipsky Northwestern University Professional golfer
Jerry Lucas Ohio State 1962 Professional basketball player player, college basketball coach, 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist, basketball [7]
Larry MacPhail Beloit 1910 Club president and general manager with the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Yankees [6]
Jim Mandich Michigan 1970 Professional football player with Miami Dolphins [69]
Steve Marino UVA 2002 Professional golfer
Kent Massey Oklahoma 1974 1996 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, sailing [75]
Scott McCarron UCLA 1989 Professional golfer [6]
Charles McGinnis Wisconsin 1927 1928 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, pole vault [6]
Bo McMillan Centre 1922 Football player and coach [69]
John Lester Miller Yale 1924 1924 Summer Olympics gold medalist, rowing [6]
Matt Monger Oklahoma State 1984 Professional football player with the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl XXV [6]
Ray Morrison Vanderbilt 1912 Head football coach at Southern Methodist University, Vanderbilt University, Temple University, and Austin College [69]
Dave Mauer Denison 1954 Football player, college football coach, and athletic administrator [69]
Lowell North UC Berkeley 1971 1964 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, yachting; 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist, yachting [6]
Pat O'Dea Wisconsin 1900 Australian rules and American football player and coach [69]
John Orsi Colgate 1932 Football player and coach [69]
Gus Otto Missouri 1965 Professional football player with the Oakland Raiders [6]
John Parker Stanford 1970 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, water polo [6]
Bob Pearce Oklahoma 1931 1932 Summer Olympics gold medalist, wrestling 128-lb [6]
Pete Pihos Indiana 1945 Professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles [69]
Pat Powers Southern California 1980 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist, volleyball [6]
Chip Reese Dartmouth 1973 Professional poker player [76]
Ed Rimkus St. Lawrence 1937 1948 Winter Olympics gold medalist, bobsledding [6]
Jamey Rootes Clemson 1988 Major League Soccer general manager, Columbus Crew and Houston Texans [6]
Murray Rose Southern California 1961 1956 Summer Olympics gold medalist in 400 freestyle swimming, 4x200 relay, and 1500 freestyle; 1960 Summer Olympics silver medalist for 1500 freestyle, and bronze medalist for 4x200 relay [6]
Ed Roski Jr. Southern California 1962 Owner Los Angeles Kings hockey team [7]
Dick Roth Stanford 1969 1964 Summer Olympics gold medalist, 400 IM swimming [6]
Harlow Rothert Stanford 1930 1932 Summer Olympics silver medalist, shot put [6]
Mike Schmidt Ohio 1971 Major League Baseball player; hit 548 home runs; member of the Baseball Hall of Fame [7]
John Shadden Southern California 1987 1988 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, yachting [6]
Gary Sheerer Stanford 1968 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, water polo [6]
Dave Shula Texas 1973 Head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals [6]
Jerry Sichting Purdue 1979 NBA coach [6]
Stan Smith Southern California 1969 Professional tennis player; winner of the 1977 US Open – Men's singles and the 1972 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles [7]
Bill Sprackling Brown 1912 College Football Hall of Fame [69]
Bob Stein Minnesota 1969 Professional football player with the Kansas City Chiefs [69]
Mal Stevens Yale 1924 Football player and coach [69]
Kevin Still UCLA 1982 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, rowing coxed-pairs [6]
Bill Stoneman Idaho 1966 General manager of the Los Angeles Angels; Major League Baseball player [6]
John Tavener Indiana 1944 College football player [69]
William G. Thompson UC Berkeley 1929 1928 Summer Olympics gold medalist, rowing eight oars [6]
Bill Veeck Kenyon 1936 Major League Baseball franchise owner; Hall of Fame member [6]
Rick Volk Michigan 1967 Professional football player with the Miami Dolphins [6]
Ben Wilson Heidelberg 1944 Head football coach at Wichita State University
John Wooden Purdue 1932 Head basketball coach at UCLA [7]

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