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
Art and architecture
Astronauts
Business
Name
Chapter and year
Notability
References
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]
Eugene N. Beesley
Wabash 1929
Former chairman of the board, Eli Lilly and Company
[ 6] [ 17] [ 18]
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] [ 19]
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
[ 20]
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
[ 21] [ 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
[ 22] [ 3] : 703
John Zeglis
University of Illinois 1969
Chairman and CEO of AT&T Wireless [ 23]
Entertainment
Name
Chapter and year
Notability
References
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
[ 24]
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
[ 25]
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
Literature and journalism
Military
Name
Chapter and year
Notability
References
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
[ 40]
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
[ 41]
Eric Erickson
Cornell 1921
Swedish national who served as an intelligence agent for the US Office of Strategic Services during World War II
Gerald E. Gneckow
Idaho 1960
Rear Admiral , US Navy (Ret.); surface warfare officer ; commanding officer of guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-36) ; commanding officer of guided missile cruiser USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) ; commanding officer of battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) ;commander of US Naval Forces South
[ 42]
Terrence C. Graves
Miami 1967
2nd Lieutenant , US Marine Corps , infantry officer, 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company; Medal of Honor recipient (posthumous) during Vietnam War
Dudley Jackson Hard
Wooster 1893
Major General , US Army (Ohio Army National Guard ), commanded the 135th Field Artillery as a colonel during World War I ; retired in 1936 as a major general commanding the 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard
[ 43]
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 ; 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
[ 44]
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
[ 45]
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
[ 46]
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
References
Theodore C. Achilles
Stanford 1925
US Ambassador to Peru
[ 26]
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
[ 31]
Charles Montague Bakewell
California 1889
US House of Representatives from Connecticut and Connecticut State Senate
[ 30]
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
[ 34]
John L. Bates
Boston 1882
Governor of Massachusetts and Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
[ 22]
Albert I. Beach
Kansas 1905
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
[ 19]
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] [ 47]
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
[ 34]
Donald G. Brotzman
Colorado 1943
US House of Representatives from Colorado, Colorado House of Representatives , and United States Attorney for Colorado
[ 31]
Charles Hillman Brough
Johns Hopkins 1898
Governor of Arkansas
[ 48]
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
[ 26]
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
[ 49]
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
[ 50]
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
[ 35]
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] [ 50]
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
[ 51]
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
[ 52]
Enoch Crowder
Missouri 1886
US Ambassador to Cuba
[ 1] [ 53]
Lee Cruce
Vanderbilt 1885
Governor of Oklahoma
[ 50]
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
[ 30]
John E. Davis
North Dakota 1935
Governor of North Dakota , director of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency , and North Dakota Senate
[ 54]
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
[ 55]
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
[ 35]
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] [ 56]
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] [ 50]
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
[ 26]
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
[ 57]
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
[ 58]
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
[ 59]
William T. Haines
Maine 1876
Governor of Maine
[ 60]
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
[ 35]
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
[ 50]
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
[ 29]
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] [ 19]
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] [ 50]
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
[ 49] [ 61]
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
[ 62] [ 35]
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] [ 27]
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
[ 30]
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
[ 58]
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
[ 35]
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] [ 58]
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] [ 63]
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
[ 22]
Benjamin Odell
Bethany 1877
US House of Representatives from New York
Richard B. Ogilvie
Yale 1945
Governor of Illinois
[ 29]
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas 1912
US Ambassador to Romania
Bob Packwood
Willamette 1954
US Senator from Oregon
[ 64]
Halbert E. Paine
Western Reserve 1845
US House of Representatives from Wisconsin
Guy Brasfield Park
Missouri 1896
Governor of Missouri
[ 41]
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.
[ 65]
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
[ 66]
James Paull
West Virginia Senate
[ 58]
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
[ 67]
John Jacob Rhodes
Kansas State 1938
US House of Representatives from Arizona; US House Minority Leader
[ 7] [ 68]
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
[ 59]
Aimaro Satō
DePauw 1881
Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Jake Sawatzky
British Columbia 2024
Member of the Canadian House of Commons
[ 69]
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
[ 19]
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
[ 59]
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
[ 70]
John Warner
W&L 1950
Secretary of the Navy ; US Senator from Virginia; namesake of the attack submarine USS John Warner (SSN-785)
[ 7] [ 56]
Albert Henry Washburn
American Envoy Extraordinary and US Minister to Austria
[ 1] [ 22]
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
[ 65]
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
[ 35]
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
[ 71]
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
Sports
Name
Chapter and year
Notability
References
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
[ 6]
Michael Antonovich
Minnesota 1973
NHL player, Minnesota North Stars , Hartford Whalers , and New Jersey Devils
[ 6]
Frank Baumholtz
Ohio 1941
Professional basketball player and Major League Baseball player
[ 72]
Matty Bell
Centre 1920
College football player, college football coach, and athletic administrator
[ 73]
Jim Benepe
Northwestern 1986
Professional golfer
[ 6]
Earl Blaik
Miami 1918
Head football coach at Dartmouth College and the United States Military Academy
[ 73]
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
[ 74]
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] [ 74]
Dave Brundage
Oregon State 1986
Minor League Baseball player and coach
[ 75]
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 )
[ 73]
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] [ 74]
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
[ 73]
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] [ 31]
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
[ 76]
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
[ 77]
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
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
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
[ 78]
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
[ 73]
Steve Marino
UVA 2002
Professional golfer
Kent Massey
Oklahoma 1974
1996 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, sailing
[ 79]
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
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
Dave Mauer
Denison 1954
Football player, college football coach, and athletic administrator
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
John Orsi
Colgate 1932
Football player and coach
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
Pat Powers
Southern California 1980
1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist, volleyball
[ 6]
Chip Reese
Dartmouth 1973
Professional poker player
[ 80]
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
[ 73]
Bob Stein
Minnesota 1969
Professional football player with the Kansas City Chiefs
[ 73]
Mal Stevens
Yale 1924
Football player and coach
[ 73]
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
[ 73]
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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