List of Alpha Tau Omega members

Alpha Tau Omega is an American social fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1865. Following is a list of Alpha Tau Omega members who have achieved notability.

Academia

• Karl Compton: President of MIT
• John Garland James (VMI): 2nd president of Texas A&M University(1879-1883), president of Texas Military Institute(1868-1879)
• Hardaway Hunt Dinwiddie (VMI): 4th president of Texas A&M University(1883-1887)
• Frank Hereford: former president of the University of Virginia
• Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967) and President of the University of Florida (1967-1973)
• Santa J. Ono: 28th president of University of Cincinnati and 15th president of University of Michigan
• Blake R. Van Leer: fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology, founder of Southern Polytechnic State University, former dean of University of Florida and North Carolina State University

Business

• David Bohnett (USC): technology entrepreneur; co-founder of GeoCities
• Paul Brown (Georgia Tech); CEO of Arby's
• Walt Ehmer: (Georgia Tech): CEO of Waffle House
• Frank Fahrenkopf (Nevada-Reno 1959): president and CEO of the American Gaming Association
• Harold Allen Fernald (University of Maine 1954); Vice President CBS (retired)
• Frank Fertitta III (USC 1981): CEO of Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada; owns Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Gerald J. Ford (Southern Methodist 1966): CEO of Golden State Bancorp
• Richard S. Fuld Jr. (Colorado 1969) CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings
• Richard C. Green (Southern Methodist 1976: CEO of Aquila Corporation
• Matthew J. Hart (Vanderbilt University 1974 former president, COO, and CFO of Hilton Hotels
• James P. Hoffa (Michigan State 1963): president of Teamsters Union; Jimmy Hoffa's son
• J. Erik Jonsson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute): founder of Texas Instruments
• Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. (University of Georgia): president of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp.
• Billy Joe "Red" McCombs (University of Texas): former owner of Minnesota Vikings; namesake of McCombs School of Business
• Gregory R. Page (University of North Dakota): president and CEO of Cargill, Inc.
• Lewis E. Platt (Cornell 1965): former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
• Bernard Ramsey (University of Georgia): executive with Merrill Lynch and philanthropist
• Christopher A. Sinclair (University of Kansas 1971): CEO of Mattel
• Elton B. Stephens (Birmingham-Southern): founder of EBSCO Industries
• James E. Thompson (San Jose State University): founder, chairman, and CEO of the Crown Worldwide Group
• Edward Magruder Tutwiler (VMI 1865): President Tutwiler Coal, Coke & Pig Iron Co., Birmingham, Al.
• John A. Young (Oregon State University 1953): former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard

Entertainment

• John Besh: celebrity chef
• Anthony Michael Brooks: world champion Rubik's Cube solver
• Loring Buzzell: music publisher and record label executive
• Dana Elcar: film and TV actor best known for his supporting role on MacGyver
• Hunter Ellis: reality TV star; host of History Channel's Tactical to Practical
• Rob Estes: actor known for Melrose Place, Silk Stalkings, and 90210
• Guy Fieri (Nevada-Las Vegas): Food Network star; host of Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives
• Brad Fiorenza: MTV's The Real World: San Diego cast member
• Christopher Fitzgerald: Broadway and film actor
• Bob Guiney: Bob the Bachelor from The Bachelor 4
• Andrew Haug: radio announcer; drummer for Contrive
• Jack Ingram: country music performer
• Anthony Jeselnik: standup-comedian, writer, and actor
• Greg Kinnear: Talk Soup host; 1998 Academy Award nominee
• Bert Kreischer: stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host; known as "The Machine"
• Art Linkletter: television personality; author, Kids Say The Darndest Things
• Elmer Lower: former president of ABC News
• Frank Marshall: film producer and director; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment
• Garry Marshall: film director, television producer (Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley
• Forrest Sawyer: ABC News, Nightline
• Adam Schroeder: Warner Brothers and FOX New Regency movie producer; Chronicle, The Truman Show, Clueless
• Elliot Segal: radio DJ and host of Elliot in the Morning
• Grant Show: actor known for Melrose Place
• Stryker: radio DJ and co-host of the radio show Loveline
• Reynolds Wolf: CNN meteorologist

Law

• Richard H. Bryan: former Nevada Attorney General, former US Senator and Nevada Governor
• Stephen H. Grimes (University of Florida): Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
• Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): U. S. District Attorney, Maryland Senator, Mayor Baltimore
• Procter Ralph Hug Jr. (Nevada-Reno): Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Willis B. Hunt Jr. (Emory University): Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
• Robert Page Waller Morris United States representative from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
• Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967) and President of the University of Florida (1967-1973)
• William J. Raggio: Nevada State Senator; former D.A. of Washoe County in Nevada (1958–1970)
• Erskine Mayo Ross (VMI 1865): attorney and Judge of the U. S. Circuit Court Caliifornia
• Jim Santini: US Congressman, State of Nevada; former Nevada district court judge
• James C. Smith (Florida State University) former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State
• William L. Summers: criminal defense lawyer; past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; notable cases include Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision and New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
• Michael Waddington: court-martial defense lawyer; notable cases include Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal, the Iron Triangle murder case (William B. Hunsaker), the Maywand District killings, and the Mahmudiyah killings

Literature and journalism

• *Shelby Foote: novelist and Civil War historian

• Cork Graham: novelist and combat photographerFounders
• Jon Meacham: editor of Newsweek; bestselling author; commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America
• Tennessee Williams: Pulitzer Prize winner for A Streetcar Named Desire

Military

• Frank Bowman (Duke University): Admiral, USN (retired); former Chief of Naval Personnel and director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion
• Robert Page Waller Morris (VMI 1869): 1st Commandant of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets (1876-1877) and designer of 1st TAMU cadet regulations and uniform.
• George S. Rentz (Gettysburg College): Chaplain, CDR, USN; recipient of the Navy Cross
• Holland Smith (Auburn University): General, USMC; the "father" of modern US amphibious warfare
• Charles F. Wald (North Dakota State): General, USAF (retired); EUCOM Deputy Commander 2002-2006

Politics

• Lee Atwater: Chair of the Republican National Committee
• Birch Bayh (Purdue): US Senator from Indiana
• Richard H. Bryan (Nevada-Reno): former US Senator and Nevada Governor
• C. Farris Bryant (University of Florida): Governor of Florida 1961-1965
• George C. Butte: jurist and Texas politician
• Alberto "Al" Cardenas (Florida Atlantic University) political lobbyist
• Lawton Chiles (University of Florida)US Senator; Governor of Florida 1991-1998
• Nathan Deal (Mercer University): Governor of Georgia
• Andrew Durham (University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky) Head of NASA Communications; President of Nigeria
• James Eastland: US Senator from 1942-1979; Senate Pro Tempore, 1972–1979
• Frank Fahrenkopf: Chair of the Republican National Committee; president and CEO of the American Gaming Association
• Sam Gibbons: Congressman
• Matt Griffin (Nevada-Reno): Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
• Edward J. Gurney: US Senator, Florida
• Lee H. Hamilton: US Congressman, Indiana
• Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): U. S. District Attorney, Maryland Senator, Mayor Baltimore
• Spessard Holland (University of Florida): US Senator; Governor of Florida
• Roy M. Huffington: Ambassador to Austria, 1990–93
• Harry A. Johnston: US Congressman, Florida
• Robert H. Johnson (University of Wyoming): state senator from Rock Springs, Wyoming
• Kurt Kelly (Florida State University): State Representative dist. 24 Florida
• Jack Kemp: 1996 candidate for US Vice President; former US Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Tom Kindness (University of Maryland, College Park): US Congressman, Ohio
• Clarence D. Long: US Representative, 1963-1985
• Mike Mansfield: US Senate Majority Leader, 1961-1977
• Mel Martinez: US Senator, Florida
• Larry McDonald: Georgia Congressman; killed on Korean Air Flight 007
• Harry Mitchell: US Congressman, Arizona
• Robert Page Waller Morris United States representative from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
• John E. Porter: Congressman, Illinois
• William J. Raggio (Nevada-Reno): Nevada State Senator
• Jim Santini (Nevada-Reno): US Congressman, Nevada
• Grant Sawyer (Nevada-Reno): Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967
• Eric Simons: Jackson Township trustee
• Alan K. Simpson: US Senator, Wyoming
• Charles H. Smelser ( University of Maryland, College Park): former Maryland State Senator
• James C. Smith (Florida State University) former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State
• J. Christopher Stevens: former US Ambassador to Libya (June - September 2012); killed in the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi
• James Stockdale: 1992 Independent vice-presidential nominee
• John S. Tanner (University of Tennessee): US Congressman from Tennessee

Religion

• Hazen Graff Werner (Albion College) bishop in the United Methodist Church from 1948 to 1968

Science

• Vannevar Bush: physicist; WWII advisor; architect of modern government science policy
• Sonny Carter (Alpha Theta): NASA astronaut
• Arthur Holly Compton: physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Charles Duke: NASA astronaut
• Ferid Murad: physician and pharmacologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998
• Robet F. Overmyer (Baldwin Wallace University): NASA astronaut
• Edwin Blake Payson: Botanist
• Garrett Reisman (University of Pennsylvania): NASA astronaut
• David Wolf (Purdue University): NASA astronaut

Sports

• John Ayers: NFL football player, 1977–1987
• Dom Capers: defensive coordinator, Green Bay Packers; former NFL head coach
• Chris Capuano: MLB pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Bud Collins: tennis announcer, author
• Cris Collinsworth: former NFL wide receiver, sports anchor
• Lee Corso: sports commentator, football coach
• Len Dawson: NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl IV MVP, sports anchor
• Paul Dee: former University of Miami athletics director
• Ted DiBiase: "The Million Dollar Man"; former WWF wrestler
• Terry Funk: pro wrestler
• Mike Droese: "Duke The Dumpster"; former WWE wrestler
• Joe Girardi: New York Yankees former manager and catcher; former Florida Marlins manager
• Steve Gleason: NFL football player, 2000-2008
• Lucas Glover (Clemson University): PGA Tour golfer; winner of the 2009 US Open
• Curt Gowdy: sports broadcaster for five decades; seven Super Bowls and 14 World Series
• Lou Groza: NFL Hall of Famer
• Joe B. Hall: former head basketball coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats who were the 1978 National Champions
• Bill Ireland (Nevada-Reno): University of Nevada; Las Vegas Baseball Coach 1960-1967; UNLV's first athletic director; the "father of UNLV athletics"
• Keith Jackson: sports commentator, ABC
• Tommy John (Indiana State University): Major League Baseball pitcher; four-time All-Star team; initiated in 1964
• Ed Jucker: former head coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team; coached the team to two national championships in the 1960–61 and 1961-62 seasons
• Ernie Koy Jr.: Texas Longhorns, 1963 National Champions; Pro Bowl running back for New York Giants
• Magnum T. A.: "Terry Allen"; Former WWF pro wrestler
• Joel McNulty: All Time Big Ten Conference men's track and field winner; two record-setting and one other win, 1952-1953
• Derek Miles, pole vaulter
• Curt Miller: head coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun
• Jim Mora: former head coach of the New Orleans Saints
• Victor Oladipo: NCAA 1st Team All-American for the Indiana Hoosiers
• Rob Pannell: all-time NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse scoring leader at Cornell University
• Roger Reina: former UPenn wrestling coach
• Brandon Slay: gold medalist at Sydney Olympics in wrestling
• Steve Spurrier: head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks; Heisman Trophy winner 1966 at University of Florida; former Florida head coach; 1996 National Championship
• Brad Stevens (DePauw University): head coach of the Boston Celtics; former head coach of Butler Bulldogs basketball team
• Jason Szuminski: MLB baseball player (San Diego Padres) - 1st major league athlete drafted from MIT
• Robby Thompson: second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, 1986-1996; winner of the Willie Mac Award in 1991
• Jim Tressel: former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes who were the2002 National Champions
• Matt Valenti: two-time NCAA national champion wrestler
• Chandler Worthy: WR for the Houston Texans, 2015–present
• Jack Youngblood: NFL Hall of Fame

Robert Jackson (1972 initiate): offensive guard, Cleveland Browns, 1975-1985

Fictional members

• Bugs Bunny: animated Warner Brothers character; initiated in 1947 at University of Kentucky; Warner Bros endorses Bugs as an actual member

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