List of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members

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This is a list of notable members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Milton Eisenhower, President Kansas State University, president Johns Hopkins University.

Literature[]

  • William FaulknerNobel Prize-winning author, University of Mississippi
  • Albert Jay Nock – author and social critic
  • Walker Percy – Southern author, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Sandro Corsaro – author and American Animator
  • John Jakes – author, DePauw University

Music[]

  • Jimmy Dunne – songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, University of Kentucky
  • Glen Ballard – veteran songwriter and producer, University of Mississippi
  • Dierks Bentley – country music singer University of Vermont
  • Bobby Hatfield – singer, the Righteous Brothers, California State University Long Beach
  • Matt Ragland – songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, Nelo (band), University of Texas at Austin
  • Nick Lachey – singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University
  • Matt Stillwell – American Country Artist, Songwriter Western Carolina University
  • Bobby Troup – American musician, Songwriter University of Pennsylvania
  • Rudy Vallee – entertainer University of Maine, Yale University[1]
  • Reid Umstattd – lead vocalist, Nelo (band), University of Texas at Austin
  • Christian Webster – songwriter, vocalist, hip hop artist Hofstra University
  • Quinn XCII, songwriter and musician, revived Michigan State University chapter with his brother, Mat
  • George McConnell – former guitarist for Widespread Panic, University of Mississippi

Media and entertainment[]

  • George Bodenheimer – president of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC
  • Lloyd Bridges – actor, UCLA
  • Beau Bridges – actor
  • Dave CampbellESPN baseball broadcaster, University of Michigan
  • Danny Lee Clark – Nitro from the original American Gladiators, San Jose State University
  • Sandro Corsaro – producer/TV show creator University of Southern California
  • James Denton – actor – Desperate Housewives, University of Tennessee
  • – actor Survivor: Guatemala, Survivor: Palau, and We Are Marshall, Troy University
  • Jack Edwards – former ESPN Broadcaster and current NESN play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins, University of New Hampshire
  • Sam Elliott – actor, Cal State L.A.
  • Bob Eubanks – television personality, game show host
  • Barry Fanaro – screenwriter, The Golden Girls, Kingpin, Mercer University
  • Carmen Finestra – television producer and writer (The Cosby Show, Home Improvement), Penn State University
  • Ron FranklinESPN college football and basketball broadcaster, University of Mississippi
  • Gregory Thomas Garcia – creator and producer My Name is Earl, Yes, Dear, Frostburg State University
  • George Gallup – creator of Gallup Poll, University of Iowa
  • Terry Gilliam – film director, member of Monty Python, Occidental College
  • Bob Goen – former co-host of Entertainment Tonight, San Diego State University
  • Philip Graham – former publisher of the Washington Post and Newsweek, University of Florida
  • John Lee Hancock – film director, The Blind Side, Baylor University
  • Ernie Harwell – former baseball broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, Emory University
  • Ed HintonESPN NASCAR columnist, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Chet Huntley – NBC news anchor Montana State University
  • Paul James – actor – television show Greek, Syracuse University
  • James J. Kilpatrick – syndicated newspaper columnist, author, University of Missouri
  • Richard Kind – actor – Spin City, Northwestern University
  • Steven Levitan - writer/producer University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Matt Long – actor, Western Kentucky University
  • David McKenna – writer/producer of Blow, American History X, San Diego State University
  • [[Ross Porter - former baseball announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, University of Oklahoma
  • Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize winning World War II journalist, Indiana University
  • Michael Rosenbaum – actor, Lex Luthor: Smallville, Western Kentucky University
  • Hughes Rudd – CBS News anchor, correspondent, University of Missouri
  • Ryen Russillo – co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio, University of Vermont
  • Fred Savage – actor – Wonder Years, Stanford University
  • Grant Shaud – actor on Murphy Brown, University of Richmond
  • David Spade – actor – Saturday Night Live, Arizona State University
  • Charles Strum – Associate managing editor for the New York Times, Dickinson College
  • Kevin Tighe – actor, University of Southern California
  • Casper Van Dien – actor Starship Troopers, Beverly Hills 90210 Florida State University
  • Jay Wilkison – actor, Nashville, One Life to Live Western Kentucky University
  • Ed Wilson – president of Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Company), former president of Fox Television, NBC Enterprises, and CBS Enterprises, University of Arkansas
  • Robert S. Woods – actor One Life to Live Long Beach State University
  • Robert Young – Actor - Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, MD Depauw University
  • Mike Song – dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine

Business[]

  • Josh Abramson - founder of CollegeHumor, University of Richmond
  • John F. Barrett – chairman, president and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, University of Cincinnati
  • John Bugas – former vice president – Ford Motor Company University of Wyoming
  • John T. Chambers – CEO and Chairman of Cisco Systems, Duke University
  • Joe Craft – President, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., funded Joe Craft Center Kentucky Basketball Facilities at University of Kentucky, philanthropist
  • Cecil B. Day – founder of Days Inn, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • John Thompson Dorrance – founder of Campbell's Soup, MIT
  • Paul Tudor Jones – founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation, University of Virginia[2]
  • John Motley Morehead III – Developed foundation of Union Carbide Company, Lifetime philanthropist UNC Chapel Hill
  • Ross Perot Jr. – businessman and real estate developer, chairman of Perot Systems, Vanderbilt University
  • Chris Sullivan, founder Outback Steakhouse, University of Kentucky
  • Scott T. Ford- CEO, Alltel Wireless, University of Arkansas
  • J. B. Fuqua – former businessman and philanthropist. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is named after him
  • Clemmie Spangler – Merged the Bank of North Carolina with Bank of America. Businessman and philanthropist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Steve Lacy – president and CEO, Meredith Corporation, Kansas State University
  • David S. Lewis – former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech
  • William Perez – CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Cornell University
  • Paul L. Foster – president and CEO of Western Refining, Baylor University
  • T. Boone Pickens – chairman, Mesa Petroleum, Oklahoma State University
  • Aubrey McClendon – co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Duke University
  • Bowman Gray Sr. – former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Charles Price II – chairman and CEO – Price Candy Company, University of Missouri
  • Richard Scruggs – Lawyer, University of Mississippi
  • George Watts Hill – Noted banker, hospital administrator, and philanthropist, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Ed Fuller – president of Marriott International, Boston University
  • David Einhorn – president, Greenlight Capital, Cornell University
  • Dan Rapoport – financier and philanthropist, president of Rapoport Capital, University of Houston
  • Ed Wilson – president of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, University of Arkansas
  • Howard Wood – co-founder, Charter Communications and former president and CEO, Cencom Cable Television, Washington University
  • William T. Young – businessman, founder and former CEO of JIF, University of Kentucky
  • – Entry Level Dispatcher , Central Michigan University

Education[]

  • James M. Farr – president of the University of Florida
  • Bruce Grube – president of Georgia Southern University
  • Ralph Cooper Hutchinson – president of Washington & Jefferson College
  • – president of the University of Evansville
  • Luis Proenza- president of University of Akron
  • Mike Feinberg – Knowledge is Power Program
  • Clemmie Spangler – served as president of University of North Carolina system from 1986–1997. From 1982–1986 served as chairman of North Carolina Board of Education. Noted businessman and philanthropist. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • – president of Wake Forest University
  • – president of Georgia College and State University
  • Dan Papp – president of Kennesaw State University
  • – president of Western Kentucky University
  • - vice president of Mississippi State University (1935-1946). Dean of the School of Science at Mississippi State University (1916-1946). In 1909, he was appointed Head of Fertilizer Inspection for the state of Mississippi. Mississippi Theta's house is named William Flowers Hand Memorial Chapter House.
  • - Vice President and Dean of College of Management at Long Island University
  • Government[]

    President[]

    • William McKinley – Twenty-fifth President of the United States (R), Mount Union College

    U.S. Senate[]

    • Max Baucus – U.S. Senator from Montana (D), Stanford University
    • J.C.W. Beckham – former U.S. Senator from Kentucky (D); youngest Governor of Kentucky; namesake of Beckham County, Oklahoma, Centre College
    • Jim DeMint – former U.S. Senator from South Carolina (R), University of Tennessee
    • Pete Domenici – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico (R), University of New Mexico
    • Peter Fitzgerald – former U.S. Senator from Illinois (R), Dartmouth College
    • John J. Hickey – former Wyoming governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Wyoming
    • Johnny Isakson – U.S. Senator from Georgia (R), University of Georgia
    • Connie Mack III – former Florida U.S. Senator (R), University of Florida
    • Larry Pressler – former South Dakota U.S. Senator (R), University of South Dakota
    • David Pryor – former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Arkansas
    • Mark Pryor – U.S. Senator from Arkansas (D), University of Arkansas
    • George Smathers- former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Florida (D), philanthropist, University of Florida
    • Dennis Chavez – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico University of New Mexico
    • Richard Russell – former US Senator from Georgia University of Georgia

    U.S. House of Representatives[]

    • Bill Archer – former U.S. Representative (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, University of Texas at Austin
    • Andy Barr (U.S. politician) – US Representative from Kentucky (R) University of Virginia
    • Mike Bishop - US Representative from Michigan (R), former Michigan State Senate Majority Leader (R), University of Michigan
    • David E. Bonior – former US Representative from Michigan (D), University of Iowa
    • Allen Boyd – former US Representative from Florida (D), Florida State University
    • Jay Dickey – Former US Representative from Arkansas (R), University of Arkansas
    • David Dreier – US Representative from California (R), University of La Verne
    • Hamilton C. Jones – former US Representative from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill
    • Thomas W. Ewing – former US Representative from Illinois (R), Millikin University
    • Paul Gillmor – former US Representative from Ohio (R), Ohio Wesleyan University
    • George Gekas - former US Representative from Pennsylvania (R), Dickinson College
    • Adam Kinzinger – US Representative from Illinois (R), Illinois State University
    • J. Alex McMillan – former US Representative from North Carolina (R), UNC Chapel Hill
    • Ralph Regula – former US Congressman from Ohio (R), Mount Union College
    • John Shadegg – former US Congressman from Arizona (R), University of Arizona
    • Charles Walter "Charlie" Stenholm – former US Congressman from Texas (D), Texas Tech University
    • Gilbert Brown Patterson – former US Congressman from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill
    • Brad Wenstrup – current US Congressman from Ohio (R) University of Cincinnati

    Governors[]

    • Doug Burgum - current Governor of North Dakota (R) North Dakota State University
    • Sherman Adams – former Governor of New Hampshire (R); Representative from New Hampshire's 2nd District; White House Chief of Staff, Dartmouth College
    • Haley Barbour – former Governor of Mississippi (R); former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Former White House Aid to President Ronald Reagan (R) University of Mississippi
    • Joe Foss – former South Dakota Governor (R); Medal of Honor recipient; leading USMC ace pilot, 1st Commissioner of the AFL, former NRA President, University of South Dakota
    • Albert W. Gilchrist – former Florida Governor (D), Carolina Military Institute
    • William L. Guy – former North Dakota Governor (D), North Dakota State University
    • Gary Johnson – former Governor of New Mexico (R) and Presidential candidate (L), University of New Mexico
    • Paul B. Johnson, Jr. – former Governor of Mississippi (D), University of Mississippi
    • John Lynch – former Governor of New Hampshire (D), University of New Hampshire
    • Sidney S. McMath – former Governor of Arkansas (D), Marine General & Renowned Trial Lawyer, University of Arkansas
    • Robert D. Ray – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University
    • Robert D. Blue – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University
    • Brian Sandoval – former Governor of Nevada (R), University of Nevada

    Mayors[]

    • Ivan Allen Jr. – former Mayor of Atlanta (D), Georgia Tech
    • Joe Hogsett – Current Mayor of Indianapolis (D), Indiana University
    • Carl T. Langford – former Mayor of Orlando (D), University of Florida
    • Svante Myrick – Current Mayor of Ithaca, New York (D), Cornell University
    • Jerry Sanders – former Mayor of San Diego (R), San Diego State University

    Other government officials[]

    • Henry M. Paulson – former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, Dartmouth College
    • Andrew McCabeDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Duke University
    • Michael Geppi – former Harford County Councilman (R), Towson University
    • Andrew O. Holmes – Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court[3]
    • L.Q.C. LamarStatesman (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
    • Robert E. LambUnited States Foreign Service, University of Pennsylvania
    • , member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (D), Louisiana State University
    • Wilson Livingood – Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Michigan State University
    • Richard Myers – former chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Kansas State University
    • Eliot NessProhibition agent, University of Chicago
    • – judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second District in Shreveport, 1996–2011, Tulane University
    • Charles Price II – former Ambassador to the United Kingdom University of Missouri
    • Donald Evans – former US Secretary of Commerce, University of Texas at Austin
    • Richard Riley – former US Secretary of Education, Former Governor of South Carolina (D), Furman University
    • Pat Robertson – Christian leader, 1988 presidential candidate (R), Washington and Lee University
    • Kenneth Schissler – former Maryland State Delegate (R), Salisbury State University
    • Mark Taylor – former Georgia State Senator representing the 12th District, Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Emory University
    • Louis R. Tobacco – New York State Assemblyman representing Staten Island's 62nd District (R), University at Albany
    • Guy Vander Linden – a member of Iowa Legislature and former brigadier general, US Marines, University of Iowa
    • GEN Charles C. Campbell, USA (Ret.) – US Army general (retired), former FORSCOM commander, and last continuously serving army officer with Vietnam experience, Louisiana State University
    • Edmund Kirby Smith – general, Confederate States of America, The University of the South
    • Bruce L. Castor, Jr. – former solicitor general and acting attorney general of Pennsylvania, former district attorney and commissioner of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; noted trial lawyer, Lafayette College
    • John R. Bell, IV – House Majority Whip, 10th NC House District, North Carolina House of Representatives (R) University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    • James R. Williams – Selectman, Belmont, MA, Indiana University
    • Dana T. Merrill – United States Army brigadier general
    • Seymour W. Terry - United States Army Captain, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, University of Arkansas[4]
    • William Peterkin Upshur - United States Marine Corps Major General, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I, Virginia Military Institute [5]
    • Arlo L. Olson - United States Army Captain, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II, University of South Dakota[6]
    • - State Representative (Ohio 71st district), Miami University

    Science[]

    Leslie Vaughn Rush, orthopedic surgeon and inventor of the Rush pin
    • Robert Ballard – oceanographer, explorer, discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1985, Bismarck in 1989, and the Roman trading ship Isis, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Steve Fossett – aviator and adventurer, Stanford University
    • Robert H. Goddard – father of modern controlled rocketry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    • Eldon W. Joersz – American pilot, who jointly holds the Flight airspeed record, North Dakota State University
    • William B. Lenoir – NASA astronaut, MIT
    • John Motley Morehead III – noted chemist, work led to notable business success in Union Carbide Company UNC Chapel Hill
    • William Oefelein – NASA astronaut, Oregon State University
    • Leslie Vaughn Rush - surgeon who revolutionized the treatment of bone fractures
    • Joseph Strauss – Engineer and designer of the Golden Gate Bridge, University of Cincinnati

    Sports[]

    Baseball[]

    Basketball[]

    American football[]

    Golf[]

    • Andy Bean – golf announcer, player on the PGA Champions Tour, University of Florida
    • David Boyd Sr. – golfer, member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, University of Georgia
    • Bob Gilder – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
    • Bobby Jones – famous amateur golfer/lawyer, founder of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament. Georgia Tech
    • Gary Koch – golfer, sportscaster, course designer, University of Florida
    • Tom Purtzer – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
    • Steve Melnyk – golfer, University of Florida

    Robert (Bob) Murphy, golfer, sportscaster, PGA & Champions Tour, University of Florida



    Tennis[]

    • Bob Bryan – tennis player, Stanford University
    • Mike Bryan – tennis player, Stanford University
    • Patrick McEnroe – tennis professional, Stanford University

    Other sports[]

    • Bob Baffert – Triple Crown winner, University of Arizona
    • Andy Douglas – professional wrestler, Morehead State University
    • - professional wrestler, Cumberland University
    • Joey Gilbert – professional boxer, University of Nevada
    • Jimmie Heuga – first American Olympic skier to medal University of Colorado at Boulder
    • Cornell University
    • Ron Mason – former college hockey coach and current athletics director at Michigan State University
    • Charles Jock – American middle-distance runner, University of California, Irvine
    • Chris Pontius – forward for D.C. United, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Wally Ris – two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, University of Iowa
    • Dave Shondell – head volleyball coach at Purdue University, Ball State
    • Femi Hollinger-Janzen – forward for New England Revolution, Indiana University[9]

    References[]

    1. ^ "Rudy Vallee to Be Guest of S. A. E. Alumni Group". Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1947. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
    2. ^ Wang, Jennifer (21 October 2017). "How Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Learned To Overcome Failure In 6th Grade". Forbes. No. Billionaires. United States. Forbes Media LLC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
    3. ^ "State Lawyers Mourn Holmes", The Tennessean (July 25, 1965), p. 1-A, 4-A.
    4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    5. ^ William Peterkin Upshur
    6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    7. ^ https://nicfraternity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fraternity_men_in_nfl_hall_of_fame-updated-6-18.pdf[permanent dead link]
    8. ^ https://nicfraternity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fraternity_men_in_nfl_hall_of_fame-updated-6-18.pdf[permanent dead link]
    9. ^ "Major League Soccer".

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