A tradition that continues . . .

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT >>

• James Avelar (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) Senior Production Accountant, Walt Disney Studios
• Kristofor Brown (Gamma-Mu, Wisconsin-Oshkosh) Animation Artist, MTV Network
• Robert Burgess (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) Entertainer, Mickey Mouse Club (Mouseketeer) and the Lawrence Welk Show
• William G. Carr (Upsilon, UCLA) Executive Secretary, National Educational Association; Author of Collecting My Thoughts and The Continuing Education of William Carr (an autobiography)
• Raymond O. Evans (Gamma, Ohio State) Cartoonist and Staff Artist, Columbus Dispatch and Baltimore News-American
• Christofaro "Chris" Fiore (Alpha-Upsilon, Rhode Island) Actor, TV-show Baywatch
• Dudley T. Fisher (Gamma, Ohio State) Cartoonist, Columbus Dispatch (Began service with newspaper in 1912)
• James Goss (Alpha-Rho, Missouri State) Director of Creative Productions; NBC Productions
• Lewis Grizzard (Alpha-Phi, Georgia) Author; Syndicated Columnist: Atlanta Journal-Constitution & Southern Humorist
• Willard Kiplinger (Gamma, Ohio State) Editor, The Washington Letter, WWI Correspondent; Author of Washington is Like That
• Tracy Lawrence (Epsilon-Kappa, Southern Arkansas) Award Winning Country Music Artist
• William Maxwell (Phi, Illinois) Editorial Staff Member, The New Yorker (regular contributor since 1936); Author of The Folded Leaf, The Bright Center of Heaven, and They Came Like Swallows
• Albert E. McKinley (Kappa, Temple) Editor, History Magazine
• Harry E. Pratt (Phi, Illinois) Secretary, Lincoln Foundation; Historian and Author (Lincoln and Civil War period)
• James B. "Scotty" Reston, Jr. (Phi, Illinois) VP (1969-1989), Executive Editor (1968) and Staff Member (1939-89), The New York Times, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1945 & 1957)
• Todd T. Roeland (Epsilon-Omega, SUNY-Potsdam) Production Sports Manager, MTV Network
• Sylvan T. Runkel (Sigma, Iowa State) Conservationist, Author of Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands and Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie
• Scott Shields (Beta, Indiana) Visual Effects Coordinator, 20th Century FOX Pictures
• Lewis W. Shollenberger (Theta, Penn State) Director of Special Events and News Operations, ABC (Washington News Bureau)
• Barry Weiss (Mu, Cornell) CEO, Jive Records
• F. Howard Willoughby (Iota, California) Executive VP and Director, Lane Publishing Company (Sunset Magazine)
• Peter F. Yelverton (Epsilon-Theta, Elon) Video Editor, The Golf Channel

BUSINESS >>

• Stanley H. Armstrong (Alpha-Beta, University of Michigan) Executive Director, The Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust and the Cantigny Trust
• J. Perry Barger (Mu, Cornell) President, Dynatech Corporation
• Loy J. Baxter (Beta, Indiana) Chairman and CEO, Evalucon Inc.
• Cletus A. Broecker (Eta, Purdue) Executive VP and COO, Amax Coal Company; Member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher (an honor conferred by the Pope)
• George A. Bryant (Phi, Illinois) President, Austin Company
• Henry J. Burt, Jr. (Phi, Illinois) President, The Wall-Fill Company
• Morris North Burt (Phi, Illinois) Chairman of the Board, The Wall-Fill Company
• Leroy Coffman (Gamma, Ohio State) President, R.G. Coffman Company (leading manufacturer of ornamental iron)
• Raymond H. Cummins (Zeta, Ohio Northern) Chairman and CEO, Goldsmith's Department Stores
• William J. Cutbirth, Jr. (Upsilon, UCLA) VP & GM, Gray Line Inc.; Board Member, Board of Directors of Continental Bank; Western Regional Director, Airline Ground Transportation Association; NIC President (1974, only Sigma Pi to ever serve in this position)
• James Donlon (Gamma-Psi, St. Louis) Director of Sales, Gramercy Pictures
• Willis DuPont (Mu, Cornell) President, DuPont Chemicals
• Stanley R. Felderman (Phi, Illinois) Chairman of the Board, Pacific Information Management Inc.
• Herman G. Fisher (Theta, Penn State) Co-founder, Fisher Price Toys (1930)
• D. A. Flammia (Alpha-Nu, Wake Forest) President, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
• H. Laurence Fuller (Mu, Cornell) CEO and Chairman of the Board, Amoco Corporation (1991-Present)
• Kenneth K. Hackathron (Mu, Cornell) VP, United Broadcasting Company; General Manager, WHK-Cleveland
• Harry S. Hanna (Gamma, Ohio State) President, Indiana Bell Telephone Company
• Walter West Hitesman (Alpha-Kappa, LSU) Senior VP, Eastern Airlines; President Reader's Digest
• Paul Kozlicki (Gamma-Pi, Indiana State) VP, Tonka Toys; President and Owner, GPT
• Charles T. Manley (Eta, Purdue) President, Manley Inc. (one of the largest popcorn wholesalers in the US)
• William D. Meyer (Upsilon, UCLA) Assistant Secretary and Director, Carter-Hawley Hale Stores, Inc.
• Ralph W. Munn (Gamma, Ohio State) Director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1928-64)
• Joel E. Nystrom (Sigma, Iowa State) Executive Director, International Committee of the YMCA
• Loran S. O'Bannon (Beta, Indiana) President, American Ceramic Society; Publisher, Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering; World renowned expert on ceramics
• John E. Parker (Upsilon, UCLA) President, Parker Industries, Inc.
• Frank C. Pfister (Phi, Illinois) President, National Recording Company
• Arthur F. Plant (Zeta, Ohio Northern) VP, Austin Company
• Edward Rogers (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) President, Dow Chemical Industries of Japan
• R. Thomas Sawyer (Gamma, Ohio State) Industrial Research Manager, American Locomotive Company
• Roy W. Simmons (Pi, Utah) CEO, Zions 1st National Bank (Utah); President, Lockhart Company
• John P. Soult (Alpha-Iota, Missouri-Rolla) President and Chairman of the Board, Fruin-Colnon Corporation
• Leroy G. Spencer (Phi, Illinois) Executive VP, Packard Motor Car Company
• C. Guy Suits (Tau, Wisconsin) VP and (former) Director, General Electric Company
• Lawrence J. Walkup (Beta-Iota, Northern Arizona) President, Bendix Corporation of America
• Robert R. Weiland (Gamma, Ohio State) Chief Administrative Officer and VP-Law; The Huffy Corporation
• Ralph A. Wenger (Mu, Cornell) General Manager, Scott-Burr Stores Corporation
• John Whittle, Jr. (Theta, Penn State) President and CEO (1989-91), Chair of the Board (1991-present), Farmers & Traders Life Insurance Company
• Ira King Wilkin (Iota, California) President and Chairman, Zellerbach Paper Corporation; Director, Lily-Tulip Cup Corporation
• Dallas C. Wood (Alpha-Pi, Arkansas State) CEO, Dallas Wood Realty; Lt. Col., US Army
• Ned L. Woodward (Zeta, Ohio Northern) President, Woodward Machine & Tool Company
• George A. Wrisley (Phi, Illinois) VP and GM, Allen B. Wrisley Company (manufacturer of soaps and cosmetics)

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, EDUCATION & RELIGION >>

• Dr. Isaac K. Beckes (Alpha, Vincennes) President, Vincennes University (IN) (1950-80)
• Dr. Warren Bow (Phi, Illinois) President, Wayne University (1942-45); Superintendent, City of Detroit Schools
• Dr. Robert L. Burns (Delta-Phi, Wisconsin-LaCrosse) President, Washburn University of Topeka (KS), (1988-90); President, Peru State College (NE), (1996-99); Executive Director, Florida Gulf Coast University (1999-Present)
• Russell H. Conwell (Kappa, Temple) Founding President, Temple University (1884-1925)
• William F. Creighton (Delta, Pennsylvania) Episcopal Bishop of Washington, DC (1962-77)
• Dr. Walter A. Davis (Alpha, Vincennes) President, Vincennes University (IN) (1924-50)
• Dr. Wallace W. Hall, Jr. (Gamma, Ohio State) Founding President, West Valley College (Saratoga, CA), (1963-70)
• William A. Halnon (Alpha, Vincennes) President, Vincennes University (IN) (1914-23)
• Dr. Nevin C. Harner (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) President, Heidelberg College of Ohio (1945-47)
• William Hazell (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) President, Newark College of Engineering (Presently NJIT), (1970-75)
• Robert L. Johnson (Kappa, Temple) President, Temple University (1941-51)
• John W. Letson (Alpha-Delta, Auburn) Superintendent, City of Atlanta Public School System (1960-76)
• Arthur Lichtenberger (Lambda, Kenyon) Past Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the US (1958-64)
• Herbert E. Longenecker (Theta, Penn State) President, Tulane University (1960-75)
• Arthur R. McKinstry (Lambda, Kenyon) Bishop of the Diocese of Delaware
• Maxwell L. Rafferty (Upsilon, UCLA) State Superintendent, California Public Instruction (1963-71)
• Frederick L. Sorsabal (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) 141st Grand Master of Freemasons for the state of California (2006-Present)
• George D. Stoddard (Theta, Penn State) President, The State University of New York (1941-45); Educational Advisor to General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito in US Occupation of Japan (1945); President, University of Illinois (1946-53); Chancellor, New York University (1960-64); Chancellor, Long Island University (1968-69); Author of more than 15 books
• Robert Van Houten (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) President, Newark College of Engineering (presently NJIT), (1947-70)
• Elmer G. Van Name (Kappa, Temple) Founding President (1926), South Jersey Law School (presently Rutgers Law School)

GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, LAW & MILITARY >>

• Jere L. Beasley (Delta-Psi, Troy) Lieutenant Governor, State of Alabama (1971-79)
• Mike Beebe (Alpha-Pi, Arkansas State) Arkansas State Senator (1982-2002), 51st Arkansas State Attorney General (2002-2007) and current Governor of Arkansas
• Frank T. Bow (Zeta, Ohio Northern) US Congressman, 16th District (R-OH), (1951-72); Nominated by President Nixon to serve as Ambassador to Panama (passed away prior to taking office)
• James R. Bullington (Alpha-Delta, Auburn) US Ambassador to Burundi (1983-86)
• James V. Carmichael (Psi, Emory) State of GA Congressman (1937-40); GA Gubernatorial candidate (1946); President, Scripto Inc.; VP, Bell Aircraft Corporation
• Richard A. Chappell (Alpha-Epsilon, Mercer) Chief of the Division of Probation of the US Courts; Chairman of the US Parole Board (served under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson)
• Ray D. Free (Pi, Utah) Major General, US Army Reserves; Past Commander of the 96th US Army Reserve Command (Gt. Douglas, UT); President, Reserve Officers Association (1969-70)
• John Gregg (Alpha, Vincennes) Speaker of the House, Indiana House of Representatives (elected 1986 to House, served as Speaker 1996-2002)
• William P. Harlin (Pi, Utah) Lawyer and Partner in the firm of Talboe & Harline (Salt Lake City, UT)
• William Harsha II (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) US Congressman, 6th District (R-OH), (1961-81); Distinguished Member, US House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
• David W. Hopkins (Xi, Iowa) US Congressman, 4th District, (R-MO), (1929-33)
• Girard East Kalbfleisch (Zeta, Ohio Northern) Senior Judge, US District Court
• Sir Baron Walter Downing de Skiodung-Erlach Kephart (Delta, Pennsylvania) Descendant of the Danish Monarchy
• Herbert H. Kerr (Delta, Pennsylvania) Director of Health Services Division, US Department of Health Education and Welfare
• Robert L. Larson (Xi, Iowa) Justice, Iowa State Supreme Court
• George W. Latimer (Pi, Utah) Justice, Utah Supreme Court; Judge, US Military Court of Appeals
• Harry G. Leslie (Eta, Purdue) Governor (R), State of Indiana (1929-33)
• Tim Leslie (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) California State Assembly
• James E. Livingston (Alpha-Delta, Auburn) Brigadier General, US Army
• James M. Lyle (Alpha-Eta, William & Mary) Major General, US Army; Commanding General, US Army Cadet Command (ROTC)
• Hans M. Mark (Iota, California) Chancellor, University of Texas School System (1984-95); Secretary of the Air Force (1977-79); Deputy Administrator, NASA; Director of Office of Defense Research and Engineering, US Dept. of Defense (Pentagon)
• Edwin L. Mechaem (Beta-Xi, New Mexico State) Governor, State of New Mexico (1951-53, 1953-55, 1957-59, 1961-62); US Senator, State of New Mexico (1962-64); US District Judge (1970-Present)
• Howard E. Milliken (Theta, Penn State) Mayor, City of Harrisburg, PA (1940-48); Recipient, Seibert Memorial Prize
• Ben Miller (Beta-Nu, SIU-Carbondale) Chief Justice, Illinois State Supreme Court (1991-Present); Associate Justice (1984-91)
• W. Carleton Mobley (Alpha-Eta, William & Mary) Chief Justice, Georgia State Supreme Court (1969-75); Associate Justice (1954-69); US Congressman, 6th District (D-GA, 1932-33) One of the youngest people to be elected to Congress at the age of 25 years, 2 months and 25 days
• John T. Myers (Beta-Gamma, Eastern Illinois) US Congressman, 7th District (R-IN), (1967-97)
• Clarence C. Newcomer (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) Judge, US Federal District Court, Eastern District-PA (1972-present)
• William R. Peers (Upsilon, UCLA) Lt. General, US Army (Commanding General of 4th Infantry Division of Vietnam, and Commanding General of Field Forces I in Vietnam); Investigator, US Army War Crimes Investigation of the My Lai Incident of Vietnam; Author of The My Lai Incident
• M. Allan Pomeroy (Alpha-Gamma, Washington) Mayor, City of Seattle (1952-56) James J. Rhoades (Beta-Psi, East Stroudsburg) Senator, State of Pennsylvania (1980-Present)
• Clarence H. Robertson (Eta, Purdue) Advisor, Ministry of Industries for the Republic of China
• James Ross (Upsilon, UCLA) Superior Court Judge, Orange County, CA; Author of I, Jesse James (Ross is the great-grandson of the famous outlaw, Jesse James)
• Curtis G. Shake (Alpha, Vincennes) Chief Justice, Indiana State Supreme Court; Executive Presiding Judge, US War Crimes Tribunals at Nuremberg, Germany; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Vincennes University; Author of A History of Vincennes University (1928), The Old Cathedral and Its Environs (1934), and A Navel History of Vincennes (1936)
• Emory C. Swank (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) US Ambassador to Cambodia (1970-73)
• John T. Taylor (Kappa, Temple) Lawyer and Lobbyist for WWI Veterans; General, US Army; WWI Hero (honored by 6 countries); Author of the GI Bill of Rights; Advisor, American Legion
• William I. Troutman (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) US Congressman (R-PA), (1943-45)
• Royal A. Vitousek (Iota, California) Speaker of the House, House of Representatives for the Territory of Hawaii (1932-33, 1935-40, 1943-44), Legislator (1923-32)
• Julian Webb (Alpha-Epsilon, Mercer) Senator (D), State of Georgia (1963-74); Judge, GA Circuit Court of Appeals
• Roland V. Wise (Pi, Utah) Director, IRS of the State of Utah

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY >>

• Max Ellis (Alpha, Vincennes) Explorer and Leader, Gimbel Scientific Expedition to British Guiana
• John D. Humber (Omicron, Tulane) Founder, Physicians and Surgeons, World Medical Association
• Samuel P. Landers (Gamma-Nu, Akron) Chief Engineer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Inventor, Goodyear Aquatred Tire
• William Mensch (Kappa, Temple) CEO and Inventor, Western Design Centre, Inc.; Inventor, Microprocessor for Apple MacIntosh II Computer and other Microprocessors
• Benjamin Franklin Miessner (Eta, Purdue) Inventor and Pioneer in Aircraft Radio
• Paul Richards (Beta-Theta, Drexel) Astronaut Candidate (Mission Specialist), NASA
• Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) Astronaut and US Navy Captain, Commanding Pilot for Apollo 7, Mercury and Gemini Programs (7 total missions); only astronaut to fly all three; Chairman, Serenco, Inc.; President, Regency Investors, Inc.
• Maurice C. Tanquary (Alpha, Vincennes) Explorer, Crocker Land Arctic Expedition, North Greenland
• Arthur W. Turner (Sigma, Iowa State) President, ASAE; Head Researcher, USDA
• Luther S. West (Mu, Cornell) Scientist-Consultant, World Health Organization, United Nations; Chief of Medical Entomology Section, Division of Parasitology, Army Medical School, Army Medical Center