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From science and sports to public service and the arts, Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni have made a powerful impact on the world. Their achievements are a reflection of our values—and an inspiration to future generations.
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Meet a Few of Our Most Recognized Brothers
Before exploring the full list of accomplished Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni, here’s a glimpse at a few Brothers whose names have made a lasting mark.
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Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni have influenced many fields through leadership and service. Explore notable careers and contributions.
Claude Akins
Northwestern
Former actor; over 100 movies and 140 TV episodes
Timothy Atzinger
Delaware
Editor/writer reality TV; Emmy recipient
Lester Beall
Chicago
Recipient of the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Graphic Artists
Walter Becker
UCLA
Director; Van Wilder
Dr. James Beckett
Southern California
Co-producer; Sniper, Spy Game, CSI, To Appomattox
Don Beddoe
Cincinnati
Former stage and screen actor; over 200 movies
K. Blair Benson
Worcester
Emmy winner for engineering and technical achievement
Powers Boothe
Texas State-San Marcos
Former actor; Emmy winner as Best Actor for Jim Jones
Benjamin Bratt
California-Santa Barbara
Actor; recipient of Screen Actors Guild and American Latino Media Arts awards
Eugene F. Callahan
Louisiana State
Two-time Academy Award winner for set and production design for The Hustler and America, America
Dr. John Alexander Carroll
Texas Christian
Pulitzer Prize recipient
Jay Chattaway
West Virginia
Emmy Award and 8 time ASCAP Award winner as composer of TV and movies
Kenny Chesney
East Tennessee State
Country music singer, songwriter and guitarist; more than 20 albums, produced more than 40 Top 10 singles, 32 of which reached No. 1; sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
W. Kent Cooper
Pennsylvania
Architect of record of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean Veterans Memorial; recipient of the AIA Henry Bacon Medal
Brett Eldridge
Elmhurst
Country music singer, songwriter and record producer with five No. 1 singles
William C. Evans
Butler
Two time Emmy winner
Kimbal Fatica
Bowling Green
Photographer; Emmy winner for videography
Will Forte
UCLA
Actor, comedian, writer and producer; 3rd Rock from the Sun, Saturday Night Live, Last Man on Earth, McGruber, 30 Rock, Nebraska
Will Geer
Chicago
Former actor of stage and screen; The Waltons
David Patrick Gilkey
Oregon State
Emmy winner for Michigan Marines: Band of Brothers with the Detroit Free Press; NPR photojournalist
Chester Gould
Oklahoma State
Creator of Dick Tracy Comics
Dabbs Greer
Drury
Former actor; Little House on the Prairie, Gunsmoke
Paul Harvey
Culver-Stockton
Former radio personality; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jeffrey L. Hayes
Brown
Former producer; Law & Order
John Michael Hayes, Jr
Massachusetts
Former screenwriter: Rear Window, Peyton Place
William F. Hayes
DePauw
Actor and singer; Days of Our Lives
John Heard
Clark
Former actor; Home Alone I & II, Sopranos
Korre Heggem
Nevada-Las Vegas
Winner of the Academy Award for visual effects
Jean Hersholt
Rollins
Former actor; two time Academy Awards winner; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award named in his honor
Robin Hood
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Photographer; Pulitzer Prize recipient
Dean Jagger
Wabash
Former actor; Academy Award winner for High Noon; Emmy recipient
Edward D. Kuekes
Baldwin-Wallace
Pulitzer Prize, Freedoms Foundation (3)
Charles Kelley
Georgia
Singer/writer Lady A, Grammy recipient in 2010 & 2011
Chris Klein
Texas Christian
Actor
Frankie Laine
Miami-FL
Former singer, 21 gold records, sales over 100 million
Craig Leake
Memphis
Producer, writer, director, recipient of Emmy Awards in 1973, 1978, 1981, 1990, and 2008; recipient of the George Peabody Award in 1981 and 1990; recipient of Edward R. Murrow Award in 1999
LeRoy G. Leighton
Florida
Academy Award for 10 KW lamp
William R. Manchester
Massachusetts
Former author, Death of A President
Edwin Markham
Rollins
Former poet, Man With A Hoe
William “Bill” McCullough
Susquehanna
Recipient, 9 Emmys
Joseph Mead
Pennsylvania
Co-founder of Economic Forum
Kyle Menke
Iowa State
Emmy Award for animation
Perry Miller
Chicago
Pulitzer Prize winner
Walter Miller
Hampden-Sydney
Producer/writer for CNN and winner of two Peabody Awards for coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina, and winner of Emmy for coverage of 9/11
Anson Mount
Sewanee
Actor, Hell on Wheels
Michael O’Neill
Auburn
Actor, Seabiscuit, West Wing
Woody Paige, Jr.
Tennessee
ESPN panelist, Around The Horn
Robert B. Parker
Colby
Former author, Spencer for Hire; recipient of Edgar Award
John J. Peyser
Colgate
Former writer, producer/director of many TV shows
LeRoy Prinz
Northwestern
Former choreographer – Golden Globe, Academy Award as director
John Quinones
St. Mary’s
ABC News correspondent, 7 Emmy’s & Peabody Award
James Rebhorn
Wittenberg
Former actor, multiple supporting roles
Frank Reynolds
Wabash
Former ABC News anchor, recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom and Peabody Award
Robert “Mac” Ruth
Texas
Sound Engineer, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Martian, Blade Runner 2049
Kirk Scharfenberg
Brown
Shared Pulitzer as editor of the editorial page of The Boston Globe
Mark Schultz
Kansas State
Musician, recipient of Dove Award
Adam Joseph Shapiro
Syracuse
Reporter for Fox Business News, winner of 2 Emmy Awards
John Tesh
North Carolina State
Composer/musician, 6 Emmys
Bob Urich
Florida State
Former actor, 19 TV series, Lonesome Dove
Ralph Waite
Bucknell
Former actor, The Waltons
Randall Wallace
Duke
Screenwriter/director, Braveheart, Secretariat
Basil Walters
Indiana
Former editor of the Chicago Daily News
William C. Westenhofer
Bucknell
2 Academy Awards for visual effects
Michael Westmore
California-Santa Barbara
Academy Award as make-up artist, 9 Emmy’s
Kurt Williams
Missouri
Producer, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Incredible Hulk
Mark Young
William & Mary
Animation writer/producer, 2 daytime Emmys
F. Duane Ackerman
Rollins
Former Board Chairman/CEO of BellSouth Corp.
George H. Allen
Massachusetts
Inducted into Magazine Publishers Hall of Fame and also inducted into Publishers Hall of Fame
John Arnold
Vanderbilt
American philanthropist, former Enron executive and founder of Arnold Ventures LLC
Keith E. Bailey
Tulsa
Former Board Chairman/CEO Williams Companies
Dr. James Beckett
Southern Methodist
Founder of Beckett Publications
Brent Beeler
Indiana State
Former COO, Berry Plastic
James M. Benson
Illinois
Former President/CEO of John Hancock Life Insurance
L. Wilson Berry
Bucknell
Former President/CEO of Texaco Refining & Marketing
Edward R. “Ned” Book
Penn State
Former president/CEO of Hershey Entertainment and Resorts
Fred J. Borch
Case-Western Reserve
Former president/CEO of General Electric
Jack O. Bovender
Duke
Former Board Chairman/CEO of HCA, Inc.
Stephen A. Briganti
Butler
President/CEO of Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
William Brighton
Indiana State
President, Templeton Coal Co. Inc.
John A. Canning Jr.
Denison
Private equity investor
Dale Carlsen
California-Sacramento
Co-founder, President and CEO of the Sleep Train Store
Nicholas D. Chabraja
Northwestern
Former Board Chairman/CEO of General Dynamics
Richard T. Clark
Washington & Jefferson
Former Board Chairman of Merck & Co., Inc.
Henry W. Coil, Jr.
California-Berkeley
Former president/CEO of Tilden-Coil Constructors
Glenn A. Cox, Jr.
SMU
Former president/COO of Phillips Petroleum, Inc.
John Culver
Florida State
Former COO, Starbucks
Michael Cunningham
Illinois
Former executive vice president and CFO of ING Canada and North America
Dr. Malcolm R. Currie
California-Berkeley
President/Board Chairman/CEO of Regal One, Inc.
Daniel Dillon
Florida State
President and CEO of Welch’s Foods, Inc.
Glen Mack Dove
Tennessee
Former Board Chairman/CEO of AAA Cooper Transportation
William J. Dowd
Worcester
Forer president/COO of Fleming Companies
John Faraci
Denison
Former Board Chairman/CEO of International Paper Co.
Richard Federico
Tennessee
Former Board Chairman/CEO of PF Chang’s China Bistro
James E. Ferland
Maine
Former Board Chairman, president, CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group
James E. Ferrell
Kansas
Board Chairman/President of Ferrell Gas Partners
Curtiss Frank
Colgate
Former President of Dun & Bradstreet
John P. Frazee
Randolph-Macon
Former president/COO of Sprint, Inc.
William P. Fricks
Auburn
Former president/CEO of Newport News Shipbuilding
Hany Girgis
Central Florida
President/CEO of SGIS
Lawrence E. Gloyd
Hanover
Board Chairman/CEO of CLARCOR, Inc.
Robert B. Goergen Jr.
Richmond
Board Chairman/President of Blyth Inc.
John Goff
Texas
Chairman, Crescent Real Estate Holdings
Michael Holthouse
Indiana State
Chairman, Holthouse Foundation for Kids
Walter Jamouneau
Lock Haven State
Designer of the Piper J-3 Cub
Reynold J. Jennings
Georgia
Former president/CEO of WellStar Health Systems
Gerald Johnston
UCLA
Former president/COO of McDonnell-Douglas Corp.
David A. Jones
Louisville
Co-founder and former Board Chairman of Humana, Inc.
Howard Katz
Colgate
Former president of ABC Sports
Rob Kennedy
Illinois
Co-president/CEO of C-Span
Karl J. Krapek
Kettering
Former president/COO of United Technologies Corp.
John Michael Leonis
Arizona
Former CEO of Litton Industries
Dr. Murray D. Lincoln
Massachusetts
Founder of Nationwide Insurance and C.A.R.E.
William P. McCormick
Boston
Former U.S. Ambassador and founder of McCormick & Schmick’s
William W. McGuire
Texas
Former Board Chairman/CEO of UnitedHealth Group
C. Steven McMillan
Auburn
COB/CEO of Sara Lee Corp.
Louis R. Menagh Jr.
Rutgers
Former president of Prudential Insurance Company
John Moore
Vanderbilt
Investor
Lewis W. Moore
MIT
Former President of American Oil Co.
Gary L. Morris
Indiana State
President/COO, Clabber Girl Corp.
Harry M. Moses
Wabash
Former president of US Coal & Coke Corp.
Howard I. Mosher
Worcester
Former President of Land Rover of North America
Walter F. Munford
Worcester
Former president US Steel
James Munro
Colgate
Former Board Chairman/CEO of Time, Inc.
LeRoy Nausman
Valparaiso
Former president/CEO of Itron, Inc.
George Needham
Bucknell
President/Board Chairman/CEO of Needham & Co.
David Neuman
UCLA
Former president of Disney Television
Michael R. O’Dell
Denver
President & CEO at Marubeni Automotive (XL Parts & The Parts House)
James Owens
North Carolina State
Former COB/CEO of Caterpiller Inc.
Dr. James A. Perdue
Wake Forest
Board Chairman of Perdue Farms
Gerald P. Peters
Denver
CEO of Francis I. DuPont & Co.
John C. Petrillo
Worcester
Former president of Business Communications Services at AT&T
Kirk P. Pond
Arkansas
Former president/Board Chairman/CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor
William F. Rasmussen
DePauw
Founder of ESPN
Dr. Clifford F. Rassweiler
Denver
Former chemist who became Vice Chairman of the Board of Johns Manville and received the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) Medal in 1957
John S. Reed
Washington & Jefferson
Chairman of the MIT’s Board of Trustees and former CEO of Citi Group, Board Chairman of New York Stock Exchange.
Matthew Rose
Missouri
Former CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Joe Saunders
Denver
Former Board Chairman/CEO of VISA Inc.
Paul C. Saville
William & Mary
President/CEO of NVR, Inc.
Christopher Scales
Western Kentucky
President/COO of Specialty Dental Brands
Henry Schuck
Nevada-Las Vegas
CEO/Founder of ZoomInfo
Jerre Stead
Iowa
Chair Emeritus at Clarivate, former Chairman and CEO of IHS Inc.
Jeffrey A. Stuerman
Culver-Stockton
Former Chairman/President/CEO of Edward Jones Trust Company
Jeffrey W. Taylor
Indiana State
Former senior policy advisor, Pearson, plc,
Mark Templeton
North Carolina State
Former president/CEO of Citrix Systems
James Terrell “Terry” Townsend
Texas
Former president/CEO of the Texas Hospital Association
John Michael Trani
Polytechnic
Former Chairman/CEO of Stanley Black & Decker
Robert C. Van Tuyl
Colgate
Former Board Chairman/CEO of Shearson Hammill, COB American Stock Exchange
Jim C. Walton
Arkansas
Chairman of Arvest Bank
S. Robson Walton
Arkansas
COB Walmart, principal owner of the Denver Broncos
Ken Weaver
Penn State
Managing Director of TVV Capital, former President of Bridgestone US and Canada Commercial Operations
Kenneth Whipple Jr.
MIT
Former executive vice president of Ford, former president of the Ford Financial Services Group, and former COB of Ford of Europe
J. Bradley Wilson
Appalachian State
President/COO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Leroy A. Wilson
Rose-Hulman
Former president of AT&T
Myron Wright
Oklahoma State
Board Chairman and CEO of Humble Oil
Michael Zarrilli
Worcster
CEO of Stanwich Capital LLC, former managing director of the Chase Manhattan Bank
Dr. James W. “Jim” Abbott
South Dakota
Former president of the University of South Dakota
Dr. Martin Abegg
Bradley
President emeritus of Bradley
Dr. John Stuart Allen
Colgate
Former and first president of the University of South Florida
Dr. Norman R. Auburn
Cincinnati
Former president of the University of Akron
Dr. Hugh C. Bailey
Samford
Former president of Valdosta State University
Dr. Samuel Beatty
Toronto
Former chancellor of the University of Toronto, first president of the Canadian Mathematical Society and served in that capacity for over 30 years
Dr. Daniel Luke Biemesderfer
Franklin & Marshall
Former president of Millersville College
Dr. Lambuth McGeehee Clarke
Randolph-Macon
Former president of Virginia Wesleyan
Dr. William Crouch
Wake Forest/Georgetown
Former president of Georgetown College in Kentucky
Dr. James A. Davis
Randolph-Macon
Former president of Shenandoah University
Dr. Frank N. Elliott
Alfred
Former president of Rider College
Dr. Edward T. Foote
Yale/Miami-FL
Former president of University of Miami
Dr. William C. Friday
North Carolina State
First president of the University of North Carolina system
Dr. Paschal Clay Gaines
Washington State
Served as president of Montana State College on four separate occasions, professor and dean of faculty, with school for 43 years
Dr. Harold D. Germer
Denison
Former President of Ottawa University
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman
North Carolina State
Former president of the University of Richmond and Meredith College
Dr. Homer Lee Hitt
Louisiana State
First chancellor at Louisiana State University at New Orleans
Dr. William Bay Irvine
Marietta
Former president of Marietta College
Dr. Leo Warren Jenkins
East Carolina
Former president and chancellor of East Carolina University
Dr. Warren Franklin Jones
Georgetown
Former president of Campbellsville College
Dr. Arnold E. Joyal Sr.
California-Berkeley/Fresno State
Former president of Fresno State College
Dr. George Kidd
Drexel
Former president of Tiffin University
Dr. Maxwell King
Auburn
Former president of Brevard Community College
Carl Martin Kuttler, Jr.
Florida State
Former president of St. Petersburg College
Dr. Malcolm A. Love
Simpson
Former president of the University of Nevada and San Diego State University
Dr. Richard E. McDowell
High Point
Former president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Dr. Richard H. Mosier
Oklahoma State
Former president of Marygrove College
Dr. Ben A. “Todd” Parnell III
Drury
Former president of Drury University
Dr. Wendell M. Patton
Wofford
Former president of High Point University
Dr. Thomas F. Schutte
Valparaiso
Former president of Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design and Philadelphia College of Art
Dr. John E. Shay, Jr.
Florida
Former president of Marygrove College
Dr. Charles E. Smith
Tennessee
Former chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents, former Tennessee Commissioner of Education, former executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board
Dr. Cluster Q. Smith
Southern Methodist
Former president and chancellor of Oklahoma City University
Dr. Samuel Somerville Stratton
Dartmouth
Former president of Middlebury College
Dr. Willis M. Tate
Southern Methodist
Former president of Southern Methodist University
Dr. William E. Troutt
Union-TN
Former president of Rhodes College, Belmont University, and chairman of the American Council on Education
Dr. Richard D. Valentine
Culver-Stockton
Former president of Culver-Stockton College
Dr. Herman Viets
Polytechnic
Former president of Milwaukee School of Engineering, COB of Astro-Med
Dr. Albert A. Watrel
Syracuse
Former president of Slippery Rock and Dickinson State universities
Dr. W. Roger Webb
Oklahoma State
Former president of Northeastern State University and Association of State Colleges and Universities
Dr. Benjamin T. Whitfield
Florida Southern
First president of South Arkansas Community College
Dr. Clifford Oscar Titus Wieden
Colby
First President of Aroostock State College
Dr. John Hepler Wood
Missouri/Culver-Stockton
Former president of Culver-Stockton College
Dr. Donald W. Zacharias
Georgetown
Former president of Mississippi State and Western Kentucky universities
Thomas G. Abernethy
Cumberland
Former U.S. representative from Mississippi
Lincoln Almond
Rhode Island
Former governor of Rhode Island
Sergio S. Balanzino
Wisconsin
Former Italian ambassador to Canada, former acting secretary general of NATO, former deputy secretary general of NATO
Willard L. Beaulac
Brown
Former U.S. ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Argentina
Ellis Y. Berry
South Dakota
Former U.S. representative from South Dakota
G. Russell Boucher
Toronto
Former member of the Canadian Parliament
Kevin Brady
South Dakota
Former U.S. Congressman
John B. Breaux
Southwestern Louisiana
Former U.S. representative from Louisiana from 1972 to 1987 and former U.S. senator from Louisiana from 1987 to 2005.
Omar T. Burleson
Cumberland
Former U.S. representative from Texas
DeWayne C. Burns
Tarleton State
State Representative from Texas
Donald Louis Carcieri
Brown
Former governor of Rhode Island
Ewan Clague
Washington
Former commissioner of labor statistics for the Department of Labor
Maxwell Cleland
Stetson
Former secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission, U.S. senator, administrator of the Veterans Administration
John Danforth
Missouri
Former attorney general of Missouri, former U.S. senator, and former ambassador to the United Nations
Dennis M. Daugaard
South Dakota
Former governor of South Dakota
Lloyd Alton Doggett
Texas
Former U.S. representative from Texas, former Justice of the Texas State Supreme Court
Wendell H. Ford
Kentucky
Former governor and U.S. senator from Kentucky
Alan A. Frumin
Colgate
Former parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate
Dr. Gerhard Gmoser
Southern California
Former U.S. ambassador to Austria
Dr. Henry Francis Grady
California-Berkeley
First U.S. Ambassador to India
Joe F. Harris
Georgia
Former governor of Georgia
Harold T. Johnson
Nevada-Reno
U.S. representative from California
James Robert Jones
Oklahoma
COB of the World Affairs Councils of America, former U.S. representative, former chairman of the American Stock Exchange, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Sam Houston Jones
Louisiana State
Former governor of Louisiana, park named in his honor
Melville C. Kelly
Muskingum/Pittsburgh
Former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
John Heddens “Jack” Kingston
Georgia
U.S. representative from Georgia
Earl W. Kintner
DePauw
Former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
James T. Lloyd
Culver-Stockton
Former U.S. representative from Missouri
Freddie R. Marshall
Millsaps
Former U.S. secretary of labor
Gary Matthews
Drury
Former U.S. ambassador to the Island of Malta and the Balkans, and assistant secretary-general of the United Nations
Joe D. Osceola
Georgetown
Former president of the Seminole Tribe
Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul
Gettysburg
Former U.S. representative from Texas
Tom Rooney
Washington & Jefferson
Former U.S. representative from Florida
Dr. R. Richard Rubottom, Jr.
Southern Methodist
Former U.S. ambassador to Argentina, former president of the University of the Americas
Charles Hinton Russell
Nevada-Reno
Former governor and U.S. representative from Nevada
Alfred A. Taylor
Cumberland
Former governor and U.S. Representative from Tennessee
Paul S. Trible Jr.
Hampton-Sydney
Former president of Christopher Newport University, former U.S. representative and U.S. senator.
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Former president of the United States, former vice president of the United States, and former U.S. senator from Missouri
Kevin Yoder
Kansas
Former U.S. representative from Kansas
Mark E. Barham
Louisiana State
Former justice of the Louisiana State Supreme Court
Harold A. Blackmun
Harvard
Former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Gene Carter
Maine
Former justice of the Maine State Supreme Court
Preston C. Clayton
Alabama
Former justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court
Frederick H. Dubard
Colby
Former justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Leif Erickson
Chicago
Former justice of the Montana State Supreme Court
James R. Hannah
Arkansas
Former chief justice of the Arkansas State Supreme Court
James W. Hardesty
Nevada-Reno
Former justice of the Nevada State Supreme Court
Frank W. Hawthorne
Nevada-Reno
Former Chief Justice of the Nevada State Supreme Court
Charles R. Hayes
South Dakota
Former Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Howell Heflin
Birmingham-Southern
Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
Joseph M. Jabar
Colby
Justice of the Maine State Supreme Court
Amos W. Jackson
Hanover
Former justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Beverly Lake Jr.
Wake Forest
Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Louis LeBaron
California-Berkeley
Former Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court
Donald F. Lybarger
Gettysburg
Former judge of court of common cleas, serving as chief justice; former president of the American Philatelic Society and inducted into their Hall of Fame; served as grand treasurer of Theta Kappa Nu and was grand archon of Theta Kappa Nu at the time of merger with Lambda Chi Alpha; served as Grand High Omega for three years after merger
Darell R. Matlock Jr.
Oklahoma State
Chief justice of Cherokee Nation Supreme Court
William C. Mims
William & Mary
Senior justice of the Virginia Supreme Court
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma City
Former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Lawton R. Nuss
Kansas
Chief Justice of the Kansas State Supreme Court
John J. O’Brien
Union-NY
Former justice of the New York State Supreme Court
Edwin J. Peterson
Oregon
Former chief justice of the Oregon State Supreme Court
Frank Pommersheim
Colgate
Former associate justice for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Supreme Court
Everett D. Roberts
South Dakota
Former justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Glen A. Severson
South Dakota
Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Clifford W. Taylor
Michigan
Former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Benjamin C. Thornal
Florida
Former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Gerald W. VandeWalle
North Dakota
Chief Justice of the North Dakota State Supreme Court
Thomas A. Woodall
Millsaps
Justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court
Clarence C. Young
Nevada-Reno
Former chief justice of the Nevada State Supreme Court, former U.S. representative from Nevada
Col. Thomas D. Akers
Missouri S&T
Former astronaut
Maj. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Washington
Medal of Honor recipient
Lt. Gen. Richard “Tex” Brown
Texas Christian
Assistant Vice Chief of Staff USAF
Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell
Kansas State
Former commanding General U.S. Army Europe
Gen. Bruce C. Clarke
Tennessee
Former commander Continental Army Command
Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway
Evansville
Former commanding General of the National Guard
Adm. Philip S. Davidson
Culver-Stockton
Former commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Col. Charles B. DeBellevue
Southwestern Louisiana
Flying “Ace” in Vietnam, Air Force Cross
Gen. Russell Dougherty
Louisville
Former commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command
Gen. James H. Doolittle
California-Berkeley
Medal of Honor recipient
Lt. Gen. James Elles
Alabama/West Point
Former commanding General 3rd Army
Lt. Gen. Vern M. Findley II
Arizona State
Vice commander, Air Mobility Command USAF
Lt. Gen. Thomas Healy Jr.
Massachusetts/West Point
Former commandant of the Army War College
Gen. William Hobbins
Colorado
Former commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe
Lt. Gen. William E. Ingram Jr.
North Carolina State
Former director of the Army National Guard
Gen. Andrew P. Iosue
Massachusetts
Former commander of the Air Training Command
Lt. Gen. William Lawton
WPI/West Point
Former comptroller of the U.S. Army
Rear Adm. Theodore C. Lonnquest
Dartmouth
Formerly in charge of Bureau of Aeronautics
Maj. Gen. Royal B. Lord
Brown
Former chairman of World War Development Corporation and deputy chief of staff for Gen. Dwight W. Eisenhower
Rear Adm. William M. Lukash
Michigan State
Personal physician to four U.S. presidents
Vice Adm. Walter B. Massenburg
Washington & Jefferson
Former commander of Naval Air Systems Command
Maj. Gen. James M. McDonald
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Former commanding General U.S. Army Cadet Command
Col. Richard Henry McDow
Alabama
Former POW, 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses
Gen. Montgomery Meigs
Colgate/West Point
Former commanding general of the 7th Army
Gen. Frank Mildren
Nevada-Reno
Former commander, Allied Land Forces Southeast Europe
Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller
Thiel
Former chief of chaplains, U.S. Army
Vice Adm. John Harris Nicholson
Nevada-Reno/Naval Academy
Former deputy director, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff.
Lt. Gen. David Ott
Auburn/West Point
Former commander of VII Corps
Maj. Gen. Roy H. Parker
William Jewell
Former chief of chaplains, U.S. Army
Lt. Gen. Ken Peck
San Diego State
Commander of Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
Cpt. Richard N. Richards
Missouri
Former astronaut
Vice Adm. Murrey L. Royar
California-Berkeley
Formerly in charge of U.S. Navy Supply Corps
Gen. Chance Saltzman
Boston
Chief of Space Operations for United States Space Force
Brig. Gen. William Seawell
Arkansas/West Point
Formerly commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy; Chairman/CEO of Pan American World Airways
Lt. Gen. Carl Smith
Franklin & Marshall
Assistant vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force
Capt. Larry Taylor
Tennessee-Knoxville
Recipient of the Medal of Honor, Silver Star, 43 Air Medals, a Bronze Star, and two Distinguished Flying Crosses
Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger
Evansville
Former adjutant general Indiana National Guard
Col. Terrence W. Wilcutt
Western Kentucky
Former astronaut
Charles F. Beasley
Princeton/Miami-FL
Member of the Tennis Hall of Fame
Frederick S. Biletnikoff
Florida State
College & Pro Football Hall of Fame
D. Lee Braun
Southern Methodist
Member of the National Trapshooting Hall of Fame
Lawrence H. “Larry” Brown
California-Los Angeles
Former basketball player & coach – NBA Champion 2004 – NCAA Champion 1988 – Olympic Gold Medal
Mark Brunell
Washington
Former professional football player
Charles Butler
Brown
Olympic Bronze Medal in bobsledding
Charles B. Clark, Sr.
Washington College
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, coach at Washington College and Salisbury State University
John Clawson
Michigan
1968 Olympic Gold Medal in basketball
Gordon “Mickey” Cochrane
Boston
Baseball Hall of Fame – 2 time MVP – 3 time World Series champion
John Cress
Denver
Coach of the University of Wyoming’s 1968 NCAA Champion ski team
Frank D’Agostino
Parsons
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Averell Daniell
Pittsburgh
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Phil Dalhausser
Central Florida
Member of beach volleyball world champion team and U.S. Olympic Gold Medal recipient
Sam Darnold
Southern California
Professional football player with the Minnesota Vikings
William K. Donley
Anderson/Georgetown
Former head football coach at the University of St. Francis, former head coach at Georgetown College, Kentucky where team won the NAIA Division II championship in 1991; named NAIA Coach of the Year
Don “Doc” Fauls
Florida State
Member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Hall of Fame
Lawrence Frank
Indiana
President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers, former NBA head coach
Doug Gjertsen
Texas
Former Olympic champion and world record-holder in swimming
Chester Gladchuk
Massachusetts
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Nathaniel Hackett
California-Davis
Former head coach of the Denver Broncos
C. Wiles Hallock
Denver
1st president of the College Sports Information Directors Association, recipient of the organization’s highest award, Commissioner of the PAC-10 Conference
Frederick T. Haas Jr.
Louisiana State
Former professional golfer
Scott Hastings
Arkansas
Former professional basketball player
Douglas R. Heir
Alfred
Most decorated Olympian in history with 336 gold medals in the Paralympic games
Pat Henry
New Mexico
Men’s and women’s track & field coach at Texas A&M university, won over 30 NCAA championships
Henry Iba
Westminster
Member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Buddy Jeanette
Washington & Jefferson
Former professional basketball player, coach, and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Ferguson Jenkins
Illinois State
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Cobi Jones
UCLA
Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Gregory Kabat
Wisconsin
Member of the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame
Lawrence E. Liles
Memphis State
Member of the Racquetball Hall of Fame
Gardner Malloy
Miami-FL
Wimbledon champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Vaughn Mancha
Alabama
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame and University of Alabama All-Century Team
John W. “Jack” McDowell
North Carolina State
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame
John McKinlay
Boston
Olympic Silver Medal in rowing and member of the National Crew Hall of Fame
Abe Mickal
Louisiana State
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary Team
Jim Mora Jr.
Washington
Former college and professional head football coach
John Morris
Wilfred Laurier
Canadian Olympic Gold Medal recipient in curling
Bill Muncey
Rollins
62 hydroplane victories and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame
Joseph Philbin
Washington & Jefferson
Former head coach of the Miami Dolphins
Rick Pitino
Massachusetts
College basketball coach; 1996 and 2013 NCAA Champion; Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame
Francis A. “Sonny” Pittaro
Brown
Member of the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
James J. Plumer
Colby
Head women’s ice hockey coach at Amherst, ’09 & ’10 NCAA Champions
Arthur Poe
Princeton
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame, played in original NFL, Helms Foundation Player of the Year in 1899
John Rauch
Georgia
Former football player, coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Ronald K. Ryan
Colby
Former president of the Philadelphia Flyers
Ronald E. Santo
Illinois State
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Ron Sellers
Florida State
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Super Bowl Champion team
Adrian Smith
Kentucky
Olympic Gold Medal recipient in basketball and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Donald Sutherin
Ohio State
Member of the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame
Richard B. Sweet
California-Santa Barbara
Member of the College Sailing Hall of Fame
Mike Tannenbaum
Massachusetts
Former general manager of the New York Jets and EVP of football operations for the Miami Dolphins
Ralph Taylor
Dartmouth
Played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1927 to 1930 and then with the New York Rangers, also in 1930; later coached St. Louis in the American Hockey Association
Charles Thayer
Colby
Founder and past president of the National Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Assn.
Charles L. Trippi
Georgia
Member of the College and Professional Football Hall of Fame – 1946 Maxwell Award recipient
Arthur Tyler
Worcester
Olympic Bronze Medal in Bobsledding
John M. Valestra
Rutgers
Member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Billy Williams
Illinois State
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Brett Yormark
Indiana
Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, former president/CEO of New Jersey Nets Entertainment
John S. Zink
Oklahoma State
Auto Racing Hall of Fame, owned Indy 500 winning cars in 1955 and 1956
Dr. Samuel K. Allison
Chicago
Former physicist
Dr. J. Michael Bishop
Gettysburg
Former immunologist, Nobel Prize, recipient of National Medal of Science
Dr. Neil Campbell
Edinburgh/Duke
Former chemist, Order of the British Empire
Dr. Donald J. Cram
Rollins
Former chemist; Nobel Prize, recipient of National Medal of Science
Dr. James E. Dalen
Washington State
Recipient of Harvard’s 2010 Alumni Award of Merit
Frederick A. Farrar
Worcester
Developed the first dimmer for car headlights
Frederick W. Garry
Rose-Hulman
Recipient of National Medal of Technology & Invention in 1990 for the, “design, manufacture and commercialization of high-performance jet engines…”
Dr. Robert Gray Gallagher
Pennsylvania
IEEE Medal of Honor, Claude E. Shannon Award, Harvey Prize
Dr. Leland J. Haworth
Indiana
Former director of the Atomic Energy Commission and National Science Foundation
Dr. C. Glen King
Washington State
Biochemist, discovered benefits of Vitamin C
Dr. Frank R. Lillie
Chicago
13th president of the National Academy of Sciences, founder and 1st president of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Britt M. Mayfield
Oklahoma
Former director of the National Hurricane Center, received Gold Medals for his work during Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Isabel, received multiple other award including an Emmy Award for extraordinary contributions to television by someone not normally eligible for Emmy awards
Dr. David B. Melvin
Union-TN
Performed Cincinnati’s first heart transplant in 1985
Dr. Donald Frederick Othmer
Polytechnic
Chemical engineer who co-wrote the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, held 150 US Patents
Robert J. Patton
Michigan
Recipient of the highest award in aeronautical engineering; Reed Aeronautics Award
Dr. B F. Skinner
Hamilton
Former psychologist, recipient of National Medal of Science
Dr. Harry B. Smith
Missouri S&T
Received 15 patents related to electronic systems and circuits, development of the pulse Doppler radar for which he received the David Sarnoff Award in 1962 and the IEEE Pioneer Award in 1984
Dr. Eugene C. Starr
Oregon State
IEEE Lamme Medal and Habirshaw Award
Dr. Jabez C. Street
Auburn
Former member of the National Academy of Sciences, discovered the particle MUON, contributed to the development of Radar and the Global Radio Navigation System, author, chairman of Harvard Physics Department
Russell G. Whittemore
WPI
Developed laminated safety glass
James H. Williams
WPI
Developer of sulpha drugs and aureomycin
Dr. Jerry M. Woodall
MIT
Former C. Baldwin Sawyer professor of electrical engineering at Yale, issued 67 US Patents, many awards and honors including IEEE Jack A. Morton Award, the 1985 ECS Solid State Science and Technology Award, 1998 Electrochemical Society’s Edward Goodrich Acheson Award
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These are just some of the Brothers whose achievements reflect the values of Lambda Chi Alpha. Their journeys continue to inspire generations of Members to lead with purpose.