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FAMED FRATERNITY MEMBERS |
| Thousands of
fraternity men have made their marks as actors and
musicians. Here is a sampling of Kappa Alphas who
have made their mark (listed by name, chapter,
professional info): |
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SPORTS |
Tommy Aaron (Beta Zeta) Professional Golfer
Ben D. Crenshaw (Omicron) Professional Golfer
James C. France (Gamma Pi) CEO, International
Speedway Corp.
Al Geiberger (Beta Sigma) Professional Golfer
Don January (Gamma Lambda) Professional
Golfer
Christian "Sonny" Jergensen III (Alpha Phi)
Former Professional Football Player, Hall of Famer
Joe Kapp (Alpha Xi) former Professional
Football Player, Hall of Famer
J. Tim McCarver (Gamma Gamma) former
Professional Baseball Player, Hall of Famer
Ernest "Ernie" Nevers (Alpha Pi) former
Professional Football Player, Hall of Famer
Roger Cleveland founder of Cleveland Golf
Jay Sigel (Tau) Professional Golfer
Melvin Stewart (Pi) Olympic Gold Medalist
(Swimming)
Dave Stockton (Beta Sigma) Professional
Golfer
Danny Sullivan (Theta) Professional Race Car
Driver
Sam Wyche (Iota) former National Football
League Head Coach, NFL Analyst |
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ENTERTAINMENT |
Pat Boone (Gamma Lambda) Movie star and
recording artist
Bill Engvall (Xi) Actor and comedian
George Grizzard (Upsilon) Stage, television
and movie actor, Tony award winner
George Hamilton IV (Upsilon) Country music
singer
Page McConnell (Beta Lambda) Member of music
group "Phish"
Richard Moll (Alpha Xi) Television and movie
actor, best known as "Bull" on Night Court sitcom
Anthony Perkins (Alpha Psi) Actor, best known
for roles in thriller - "Psycho"
Carlie Rose (Upsilon) Talk show host
James Hampton (Gamma Lambda) Television and
movie actor
Randolph Scott (Alpha Sigma) former actor,
"Western" movie star
Ned Vaughn (Psi) Television and movie actor |
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BUSINESS |
Clyde B. Anderson (Alpha Beta) President and CEO
of Books-A-Million
Clayton D. Baird (Omicron) Chairman of Mrs.
Baird's Bakeries
John H. Bryan, Jr. (Alpha Epsilon) former
Chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corporation
Ely R. Callaway, Jr. (Epsilon) former
Chairman and CEO of Callaway Golf
David M. Chamberlin (Tau) CEO of Shaklee
Corporation
Harry Cullen (Gamma Mu) Director of Cullen
Bank Center
Robert Crandall (Alpha Zeta) former
President, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines
Earnest W. Deavenport (Beta Tau) former
President and CEO of Eastman Chemical Co.
John D. DeButts (Beta Comm.) former Chairman
of AT&T
William E. Dreyer (Alpha Delta) former Senior
Executive Vice president, Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company
U. Edwin Garrison (Beta Tau) Chairman of the
Thiokol Corporation
David A. Stonecipher (Chi) CEO and president
of Jefferson - Pilot Corporation |
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GOVERNMENT |
Carl Albert (Beta Eta) former U.S. Congressman
(Oklahoma), Speaker of the House
Roy Blunt (Alpha Eta) U.S. Congressman
(Missouri)
J. Caleb Boggs (Beta Epsilon) former Governor
of Delaware; Former U.S. Senator (Delaware)
Rick Boucher (Beta Rho) U.S. Congressman
(Virginia)
Hugh Clegg (Alpha Nu) former Assistant
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Clements (Beta Lambda) former
Governor of Texas
Clark M. Clifford (Alpha Theta) former Chief
Council to U.S. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and
Kennedy; former Secretary of Defense
Larry Combest (Gamma Chi) U.S. Congressman
(Texas)
Bart Gordon (Delta Lambda) U.S. Congressman
(Tennessee)
J. Edgar Hoover (Alpha Nu) former Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery (Beta Tau) former
U.S. Congressman, Author of the G.I. Bill
Bill Owens (Delta Kappa) Governor of Colorado
Austin Peay (Omega) former Governor of
Tennessee
Claude Pepper (Alpha Omega) former U.S.
Congressman (Florida); former U.S. Senator (Florida)
Dean Rusk (Sigma) former U.S. Secretary of
State
Floyd D. Spence (Rho) U.S. Congressman (South
Carolina) |
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MILITARY |
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. (Lambda) U.S. Navy,
Antarctic Explorer; Congressional Medal of Honor
Recipient
Captain David McCampbell (Alpha Sigma) U.S.
Navy Fighter Pilot and all-time top U.S. ace;
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
General George C. Marshall (Beta) former U.S.
Secretary of State; Former U.S. Secretary of
Defense; Former General of the U.S. Army; Author of
the "Marshall Plan"; Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
General Jack N. Merritt (Beta Eta) former
Leader of NATO
General George S. Patton (Beta) former
General of the U.S. Army
General J.H. Binford Peay II (Beta) Vice
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; Superitendent, Virginia
Military Institute
General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. (Beta) Former
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
Richard Truly (Alpha Sigma) Vice Admiral,
U.S. Navy; Astronaut; Former Director of NASA |
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EDUCATION |
Dr. William R. Baldt (Beta Epsilon) Former
President, Goldey Beacom College
Dr. Robert Bottoms (Phi) President, DePauw
University
Dr. E. Douglas Hodo (Alpha Upsilon)
President, Houston Baptist University
Dr. John E. Johns (Iota) President, Furman
University
John Knapp (Beta) former Superintendent,
Virginia Military Institute
Dr. Frank A. Rose (Alpha Theta) former
President, Transylvania University; Former
President, University of Alabama
Dr. Bruce A. Samson (Alpha Alpha) President,
University of Tampa
Dr. Billy O. Wireman (Beta Delta) President,
Queens College
Dr. Forest Kent Wyatt (Delta Beta) President,
Delta State University |
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RELIGION |
Rt. Reverend James L. Duncan (Kappa) former
Knight Commander of Kappa Alpha Order (1955-57);
Former Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Florida
Dr. Richard T. Feller (Alpha Rho) former
Knight Commander of Kappa Alpha Order (1970-73);
Retired Canon Clerk of the Works, Washington
Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
W. McLeod Frampton, Jr. (Beta Pi) former
Knight Commander of Kappa Alpha Order (1957-61);
Retired Presbyterian Minister
Henry J. Mikell (Alpha Alpha) Former Knight
Commander of Kappa Alpha Order (1926-34); Former
Episcopal Bishop, Diocese of Atlanta; Former
Chancellor of University of the South |
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