List of Alpha Phi Omega members

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This is a listing of notable alumni and honorary members of Alpha Phi Omega, International Service Fraternity. The list includes members of the fraternity who have become well known or who have attained high ranking positions in their particular career field, such as government and politics, academia, science and technology, sports, or business. Notable alumni refers to individuals who joined individual Alpha Phi Omega chapters during their college years and later went on to distinguish themselves in their personal or professional lives. An honorary member refers to individuals who were offered honorary membership in various Alpha Phi Omega chapters as non-students, usually after they became notable.

Contents
Academia | Business | Entertainment and sports | Government and politics | Science, medicine and technology | Service and non-profit

• Denotes Honorary Member status.
• Denotes member of Alpha Phi Omega - Republic of the Philippines.

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[edit] Academia

• Wilford S. Bailey – Delta – President of Auburn University (1983-1984), past president of American Society of Parasitologists and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. First secretary of the World Association of Veterinary Parasitologists.^[1][2]
• David Beckley – Psi Lambda – President of Rust College, Holly Springs, MS.^[3]
• George W. Bowman – Epsilon Psi – President of Kent State University (1944-1963).^[4]
• Harold C. Case – Zeta Upsilon – President of Boston University (1950-1967).^[5][6]
• Edward F. Clark – Omicron Sigma – President of Saint Peter's College, New Jersey (1960-1965).^[7]
• Earle W. Clifford – Phi Advisor – President of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) (1970-1971).^[8]
• Wat Tyler Cluverius – Sigma Advisor – Survivor of sinking of the USS Maine; Rear Admiral United States Navy; President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1939-1953).^[9]
• Walter C. Coffey – Gamma Psi – President of University of Minnesota (1941-1945).^[10]
• Robert Crouch – Delta Psi – President of Rutledge College (1979).^[11]
• Harrison C. Dale – Gamma Nu – President of the University of Idaho (1937-1946).^[12]
• John J. DeGioia – Mu Alpha – President of Georgetown University.^[13]
• George W. Diemer – Beta Kappa Advisor – President of Central Missouri State College (1937-1956), President of the American Association of Teachers Colleges (1947).^[14]
• John R. Emens – Delta Xi Honorary – President of Ball State University (1945-1968); President of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (1947).^[15]
• Steve A. Favors – Beta Delta Advisor – President of Grambling State University (1998-2001).^[16]
• Robert D. Flanigan – Upsilon Chi – Vice President and Treasurer for Spelman College.^[17]
• Charles Wesley Flint – Phi Advisor – American Bishop in the Methodist Church, elected in 1936; President of Cornell College (1915-1922); Chancellor of Syracuse University (1922-1936).^[18]
• James E. Foy – Delta Advisor – Auburn University Dean of Students (1950-1978), Namesake of Student Union at Auburn University, Namesake of Trophy awarded to the victor of the Iron Bowl between Auburn University and University of Alabama.^[1]
• William C. Friday – Rho – President of the Consolidated University of North Carolina (1956-1972); President of the University of North Carolina System (1972-1986).^[19]
• Eugene E. Garbee – Mu Rho Advisor – President of Upper Iowa University (1952-1970).^[20]
• David M. Gring – Alpha Beta Psi – President of Roanoke College, 1989-2004.^[21]
• James P. Hannigan – Xi Delta – Brigadier General, United States Army; Dean of Students, Texas A&M University (1959-1973).^[22]
• Clifford M. Hardin – Alpha Sigma – Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1954-1969); United States Secretary of Agriculture (1969-1971).^[23]
• Alexander Heard – Theta Mu – Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (1963-1982).^[24]
• John F. Herget – Alpha Mu Advisor – President of William Jewell College (1923-1943).^[25]
• Richard Herman – Alpha Alpha – Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005-present), Distinguished Eagle Scout Award honoree.^[26]
• Livingston W. Houston – Epsilon Zeta – President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1943-1958).^[27].
• Frederick L. Hovde – Alpha Gamma – President of Purdue University (1946-1971).^[28]
• Robert E. Kennedy – Zeta Omicron Advisor – President of California Polytechnic State University (1967-1979).^[29][30]
• Richard E. Klinck – Delta Lambda – 1965 National Teacher of the Year.^[31]
• J. Martin Klotsche – Upsilon – President, Provost, and Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1946-1973).^[32]
• A. Blair Knapp – Omicron Xi – President of Denison University (1951-1968); President of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (1951-1952).^[33]
• Bradford Knapp – Delta – President of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (1923-1928); president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (1928-1932) and president of Texas Technological College (1932-1938).^[1]
• Carl W. Knox – Alpha Alpha – President of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (1967-1968).^[34]

• H. Martin Lancaster – Rho – Member of United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1987-1995); North Carolina House of Representatives (1979-1986); President of North Carolina Community College System.^[35]
• John F. Laughlin – Alpha Omega Advisor – President of Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (1924-1945).^[36]
• Karl C. Leebrick – Phi Advisor – President of Kent State University (1938-1943).^[37]
• Jeffrey S. Lehman – Gamma – President of Cornell University (2003-2005).^[38]
• L. Jay Lemons – Xi Iota – President of Susquehanna University (2001-Present).^[39]
• William M. Lewis – Alpha – President of Lafayette College (1927-1945).^[40]
• John MacCracken – Alpha – President of Lafayette College (1915-1926); Founding advisor to Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha chapter.^[41]
• C. Peter Magrath – Gamma Psi – President of the University of Minnesota (1974-1984); President of the University of Missouri (1985-1991); President of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (1992-2005).^[42]
• Henry J. Martin – Omicron Lambda – Acting President of Calument College of St. Joseph (ca. 1965).^[43]
• James A. McCain – Pi – President of Kansas State University (1950-1975).^[44]
• Dan MacMillan – Xi Sigma – President of Bluefield College (1997-2006).^[45]
• William J. Micheels – Eta Kappa – President of University of Wisconsin-Stout (1961-1972).^[46]
• Ernest Carroll Moore – Chi Advisor – Provost and Vice President of University of California, Los Angeles (1919-1936) (Note: This was the highest position at the University at the time).^[47]
• Harvey A. Neville – Alpha Psi – President of Lehigh University (1961-1964).^[48]
• Arno Nowotny – Alpha Rho Advisor – Dean of Student Activities at the University of Texas at Austin (1946-1964). Served as National President of Alpha Phi Omega (1946-1950). Received the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope Award. Served as National President of Phi Eta Sigma (1974-1980).^[49]
• Glen T. Nygreen – Gamma Alpha Advisor – Eminent Supreme Archon (National President) of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (1963-1965); National President of Alpha Phi Omega (1968-1970); President of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (1965-1966).^[41][50]
• John W. Oswald – Alpha Beta – President of Pennsylvania State University (1970-1982).^[51]
• Albert G. Parker – Kappa Iota – President of Hanover College (1929-1958).^[52]
• Norman A. Parker – Sigma Sigma – Chancellor of University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (1961-1971).^[53]
• Wendell M. Patton – Mu Xi – President of High Point University (1959-1980).^[54]
• Harry Melvin Philpott – Delta – President of Auburn University (1965-1979).^[1]
• Donald B. Prentice – Alpha – President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1931-1948); Founding Advisor to Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Chapter.^[55][41]
• Philip Prince – Gamma Lambda – President of Clemson University (1994-1995). Senior Vice President of American Express Company.^[56]
• Claudius Pritchard – Alpha Alpha Alpha – President of Maryville College (1977-1992).^[57]
• M Richard Rose – Iota Upsilon – President of Rochester Institute of Technology (1979-1992); President of Alfred University (1974-1978); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Education (1972-1974).^[58]
• Walter Harrington Ryle, III – Epsilon Advisor – President of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (1937-1967).^[59]
• Walter Dill Scott – National Honorary – President of Northwestern University (1920 - 1939).^[60]
• Charles A. Sevrinson – Alpha Lambda Acting President of North Dakota State University (1946); Dean of Men of North Dakota State University (1938-1948); Dean of Students (1948-1964).^[61][19]
• Robert H. Shaffer – Alpha Upsilon – First President, American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) (1951); Indiana University Dean of Students (1955-1969).^[62]
• Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw – Phi – Chancellor of Syracuse University (1991-2004), President of the University of Wisconsin system (1985-1991), Chancellor of Southern Illinois University (1979-1986), President of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (1977-1979).^[63]
• Ike Skelton – Beta Eta – Member of United States House of Representatives from Missouri (1977-2006).^[64]
• Walter E. Slesnick – Delta Beta – Rhodes Scholar, 1947; Dartmouth College Faculty (1962-1994).^[65][66]
• John Duncan Spaeth – Alpha Eta – President of University of Kansas City (1936-1938).^[67]
• Graham Spanier – Alpha Beta – President of Pennsylvania State University.^[68]

• J. Wallace Sterling – Zeta – President of Stanford University.^[69]
• Elmo Stevenson – ? – President of Southern Oregon University (1946-1969).^[70]
• J. Lem Stokes, II – Omicron Omicron – President of Pfeiffer University (1953-1968).^[71]
• Hurford E. Stone – Gamma Gamma – Acting President of Simpson College (1963).^[72]
• Harry P. Storke – Omicron Iota – President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1962-1969).^[43]
• Robert Swanson – Omicron Tau – President of Alma College (1956-1980).^[7]
• H. Patrick Swygert – Zeta Phi – President of Howard University (1995-2007).^[73]
• William Tate – Beta Zeta – Dean of Men of the University of Georgia (1946-1971)^[19]
• Willis M. Tate – Alpha Omicron – President of Southern Methodist University (1954-1972, 1974-1976)^[19]
• Donald Richard Theophilus – Gamma Nu – President of the University of Idaho (1954-1965).^[74]
• Ralph Tirey – Beta Lambda Advisor – President of Indiana State University (1933-1953).^[75]
• Darwin T. Turner – Delta Alpha – Leading writer, Editor, and critic of African American literature; youngest graduate of the University of Cincinnati.^[76][77]
• Maurice E. Van Ackeren – Gamma Xi Advisor(?)– President of Rockhurst University (1951-1977).^[24]
• William G. Van Note – Omicron Theta – President of Monmouth University (1962-1971).^[78]
• Eric A. Walker – Alpha Beta – President of Pennsylvania State University (1956-1970).^[79]
• Ross S. Whaley – Phi – President of State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1984-2000).^[63]
• Martin D. Whitaker – Alpha Psi – Alpha Beta – President of Lehigh University (1946-1960).^[80]
• Goodrich C. White – Delta Kappa Advisor – President of Emory University (1942-1957); Chancellor of Emory University (1957-1979).^[81][82]
• Robert I. White – Epsilon Psi – President of Kent State University (1963-1971).^[83]
• Frank Wickhorst – Gamma Gamma – University of California, Berkley Football Coach (1946)^[84]
• Sidney Williams – Kappa Lambda – NFL player for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, and Pittsburgh Steelers (ca. 1964); US Ambassador to The Bahamas (March, 1994 – September, 1998). President and Chief Executive Officer of the Williams Group. Member of the Board of Directors of OneUnited Bank. Husband of Maxine Waters; US House Member from California.^[85]
• Victor R. Yanitelli – Xi Xi and Omicron Sigma – President of Saint Peter's College, New Jersey (1965-1978).^[86]
• Lloyd P. Young – Eta Delta – President of Keene State College (1939-1964).^[87]

[edit] Business

• Vincent P. Barabba – Nu Tau – Director of United States Census Bureau (1973-1976, 1979-1981), Co-founder of Wirthlin Group, General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Knowledge Development at General Motors (1996-2003).^[88][89]
• Kenneth K. Bechtel – Mu Zeta – National president of the Boy Scouts of America (1956-1959); Founder of the Bechtel Corporation.^[90]
• Morris R. Beschloss – Alpha Alpha – Former president of Hammond Valve of Hammond, Ind., revived the Valve Manufacturers Association; UIUC Distinguished Alumni Award; Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.^[91]
• Warren Brown – Kappa Xi – Washington Post Automobile Columnist.^[92]
• Erle Cocke, Jr. – Beta Zeta – Silver Star, 4 Bronze Stars, 4 Purple Hearts, National Commander of the American Legion (1950-1951). Vice President of Delta Air Lines (ca. 1961), alternate executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ca. 1961), Brigadier General of the Georgia Army National Guard.^[93][94]
• Eugene Eckel – Theta Alpha – Retired President and CEO of AT&T Network Systems International.^[95]
• Howard Gossage – Alpha Eta – Advertising Executive in the 1950s and 1960s; President of Freeman and Gossage Advertising. Number 23 of 100 people of the Century in Advertising Age Magazine.^[96]
• Zenon C.R. Hansen – ? – Chairman and CEO of Mack Trucks, Inc. (1965-1974); Member of BSA National Executive Board (ca. 1959); Member of Automotive Hall of Fame (since 1992).^[54]
• Hamil R. Harris – Iota Rho – Washington Post Reporter.^[97]
• John "Jack" Jadel – Zeta Kappa – Retired President, Akzo America.^[64]
• E. Faye Jones – Beta Rho – Noted American architect and designer, apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.^[98]
• John Loftus – Upsilon Zeta – American author, former US government prosecutor and president of the Florida Holocaust Museum.^[99]
• James McLernon – Epsilon Sigma – President of Volkswagen of America (1976-1982).^[64][100]
• Philip Pfeffer – Zeta Nu – Chairman of Random House (1996-1998) and CEO of Borders Group (1999).^[64]

[edit] Entertainment and sports

• Jonathan Blum – Epsilon Mu – Writer and Novelist.^[101]
• Joe E. Brown – Alpha Kappa – Actor/Comedian. Best known for playing Osgood Fielding, III in, Some Like It Hot.^[102]
• Mike Garrett – Alpha Kappa – 1966 Heisman Trophy winner for University of Southern California. Played in NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. Currently Athletic director for USC.^[64]
• John F. (Jack) Green – Theta Mu Advisor – Head Coach and Athletic Director of Vanderbilt University (1963-1966).^[103]
• Carson Kressley – Iota Omicron – Fashion expert on the television program, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.^[104]
• Joseph Leonard – Alpha Rho – President of Leonard Productions, Inc., a record production company. Member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.^[105]
• Bob Love – Kappa Lambda – Professional Basketball Player for the Chicago Bulls and other NBA teams (1966-1977); Director of Community Affairs for the Chicago Bulls (1993-present).^[64][106]

• Biggie Munn – Phi Advisor – Michigan State University Football Coach (1947-1953), Athletic director (1953-1971).^[107]
• Elmer Tarbox – Beta Sigma – Co-MVP of 1939 Cotton Bowl. Member of the Flying Tigers. Awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart. Member of Texas House of Representatives (1966-1976).^[108]
• War Eagle IV – Delta – Mascot of Auburn University (1964-1980).^[109]
• War Eagle V – Delta – Mascot of Auburn University (1981-1986).^[109]
• War Eagle VI – Delta – Mascot of Auburn University (1986-2006), part of Opening Ceremonies at 2002 Winter Olympics.^[109]
• John Wooden – University of California, Los Angeles – Head Basketball Coach University of California, Los Angeles (1948-1975). Coach for 10 NCAA Basketball championships. Member of Basketball Hall of Fame.^[110]

• Fielding Yost – Gamma Pi Advisor – University of Michigan Football Coach (1901-1923, 1925-1926), University of Michigan Athletic director (1921-1942).^[111]

[edit] Government and politics

• Héctor Luis Acevedo – Omicron Nu – Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1988-1996), Candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico in 1996.^[112]
• Gil Acosta – Theta Chi (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Palawan (2007(?) - present)^[113]
• Wahab Akbar – Lambda (Philippines) – Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Congressman, Basilan, Lone District (2007 - present); Governor of Basilan (1998-2007)^[113]
• Elmer L. Andersen – Gamma Psi – Governor of Minnesota (1961-1963).^[114]
• Victor Emanuel Anderson – Alpha Sigma – Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska (1950-1953); Governor of Nebraska (1955-1959).^[23]
• Christopher Ashby – Mu Alpha – US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997-2001.^[115][13]
• Reubin Askew – Iota Rho – Governor of Florida (1971-1979).^[64]
• Ireneo Bacolod – Alpha Mu – Brigadier General National Police Commission (Phil.).^[116]
• Petit Baldado – Gamma (Philippines) – Vice Governor, Negros Oriental (2007(?) - present).^[113]
• Robert Lyndon S. Barbers – Epsilon Gamma (Philippines) – Governor of Surigao del Norte Province.^[117][118]
• H. Roe Bartle – Iota Advisor – also known as "The Chief", mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1955-1963) and namesake of the Kansas City Chiefs.^[119]
• William S. Beardsley – Omega – Governor of Iowa (1949-1954).^[120]

• Robert Mack Bell – Mu Gamma – Chief Judge Maryland Court of Appeals (Highest Court in Maryland).^[121]
• Silvestre H. Bello III – Mu – Presidential Adviser for New Government Centers (2007-Present), Secretary of Justice of the Philippines (1991-1992, 1998), Solicitor General of the Philippines, (1996-1998)^[122]
• Jejomar Binay – Eta (Philippines) – Mayor of Makati City (1986- present), President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (In third term as of 2006).^[117]
• J. Caleb Boggs – Zeta Sigma – Member of the United States House of Representatives (1947-1953) from Delaware; Governor of Delaware (1953-1960); United States Senator from Delaware (1961-1973).^[123][124]
• Roger D. Branigin – Alpha Gamma – Governor of Indiana (1965-1969).^[125]
• Dolph Briscoe – Alpha Rho – Governor of Texas (1973-1979).^[64]
• C. Farris Bryant – Iota Rho – Governor of Florida (1961-1965), Member of the United States National Security Council.^[126][127]
• George H. W. Bush – Alpha Phi – Forty-first President of the United States (1989-1993).^[41][128]
• William J. Campbell – National Honorary – Federal District Judge (1940-1988).^[129][130]
• Jimmy Carter – Delta Kappa – Thirty-ninth President of the United States.
• Antonio H. Cerilles – Pi (Philippines) – Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Zamboanga del Sur, 2nd District (1987-1998, 2004-present(2007)), Environment Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (1998-2001).^[131]

• Bill Clinton – Mu Alpha – Forty-second President of the United States(1993-2001).^[64][13]
• Hillary Rodham Clinton – Alpha Beta Chi – First Lady of the United States (1993-2001); United States Senator from New York (2001-present).^[132]

• Tom Daschle – Mu Sigma – Member United States House of Representatives (1979-1987) from South Dakota, Member United States Senator from South Dakota (1987-2005), United States Senate Majority and Minority Leader.^[64]
• Ilus W. Davis – Alpha Eta – mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1963-1971), Member of Kansas City City Council (1948-1956).^[133]
• Marla Graff Decker – Iota Omicron – Virginia Deputy Attorney General for the Criminal Division.^[134]
• Joseph V. Doria Jr. – Omicron Sigma – Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey (1998-present), New Jersey State Assemblyman (1980-2004),New Jersey State Senator (2004-present), Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly (1990-1991).
• Dwight D. Eisenhower – National Honorary – Thirty-forth President of the United States.^[135][136]
• Don Eldridge – Alpha Xi – Speaker of the Washington State House of Representatives (1967-1970), Member Washington State House of Reprentatives (1952-1970).^[137]
• Antonio Jr. Hatoc Escudero – Delta Pi (Philippines) – Lieutenant Governor, Sorsogon (1992-1995; 1998-present(2007).^[138]
• Evangeline L. Esperas – Alpha Omicron (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Leyte , 1st District (1) (2007(?) - present)^[113]
• Daniel J. Evans – Gamma Alpha – Governor of Washington (1965-1977); United States Senator from Washington (1983-1989).^[139]
• Arthur Flemming – Zeta Psi – United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1958-1961); President of Ohio Wesleyan University (1948-1953, 1957-1958); President of the University of Oregon (1961-1968).^[140]
• Erik Robert Fleming – Omega Psi – Member Mississippi House of Representatives, District 72. Democratic Nominee for the US Senate from Mississippi, 2006.^[141]

• Gerald Ford – Gamma Pi – Thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-1977).^[142]
• Mark S. Formby – Epsilon Iota – Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, District 108.^[143]
• Robert Gates – Nu Rho – 22nd United States Secretary of Defense; President of Texas A&M University (2002-2006); Director of Central Intelligence (1991-1993).^[144]
• Aubrey B. Hamilton – Alpha Phi – Member Missouri House of Representatives (1942-1944); Corporation Attorney for the City of St. Louis, Missouri; International President of Toastmasters International (1958-1959).^{[24][145][41]}
• Charles Alexander Harvin – Upsilon Rho – Member of South Carolina House of Representatives, District 64 (1977-2005); South Carolina House of Representatives Majority Leader (1982-1986).^[146]
• Maura Harty – Mu Alpha – Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs – United States Department of State, US Ambassador to Paraguay (1997-1999).^[147][13]
• Mark Hatfield – Epsilon Kappa Active and Alpha Mu Honorary – United States Senator from Oregon (1966-1996); Governor of Oregon (1958-1966).^[64][148]
• Julius Herrera – Alpha Mu (Philippines) – Vice Governor, Bohol (2001- present), Mayor of Calape, Bohol (1995-2001)^[113]
• John F. (Jack) Herrity – Mu Alpha – Chairman Fairfax County, Virginia Board of Supervisors (1976-1988); Official Namesake for Fairfax County Parkway.^[13][149]
• Robert Holden – Beta Mu – Governor of Missouri (2001-2005).^[41]
• William T. Holloway – Nu Iota – Member of Florida House of Representatives, District 103 (2000-present).^[150]
• Herbert Hoover – Lambda Theta – Thirty-first President of the United States (1929-1933).^[151]
• J. Edgar Hoover – Epsilon Mu – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-1972).^[152]
• Robert C. Hunter – Rho – Associate Justice on the North Carolina Court of Appeals; Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1980-1988).^[153]
• Baby Boy Imam – Epsilon Sigma (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Maguindanao (2007(?) - present)^[113]
• Russell L. Jones – Theta Iota – Member of the Arizona House of Representatives, District 24 (2004-2006).^[154]
• Thomas Kean – Pi Upsilon Advisor – Governor of New Jersey (1982-1990); President of Drew University (1990-2005); Chairman of National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission.^[155]

• John F. Kennedy – Eta Phi – Thirty-fifth President of the United States (1961-1963).^[156]
• Otto Kerner, Jr. – Alpha Alpha – Governor of Illinois (1961-1968), Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1968-1974).^[157]
• Gilberto F. Layese – Theta (Philippines) – Director of the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards of the Department of Agriculture (Philippines) (2001-Present).^[158]
• Bong Lidasan – Epsilon Sigma (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Maguindanao (2007(?) - present)^[113]
• Jojo Limbuna – Epsilon Sigma (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Maguindanao (2007(?) - present)^[113]
• Gilbert Llanto – Alpha Mu – Brigadier General Philippine Air Force.^[116]
• Willie F. Logan – ? – Member of the Florida House of Representatives, District 103 (1982-2000).^[159]
• M. Byrnes MacDonald – National Honorary – Former head of the New York City Crime Prevention Bureau; received the Silver Buffalo Award in 1950.^[160]
• Casan Maquiling – Gamma Chi (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Lanao del Norte (2007 - present) ; Mayor of Munai, Lanao del Norte (2001-2007)^[113]
• Terry Miller – Nu Omega – Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1978-1982).^[64]
• Sherman Minton – Mu – United States Senator from Indiana (1935-1941); Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1949-1956).
• Luis C. Morse – ? – Member Florida House of Representatives, District 113 (1984-1998), Deputy Secretary Florida Department of Elder Affairs (1998-2002).^[161]
• Edwin R. Murray – Omega Eta – Member of the Louisiana Senate, District 4 (2005-present); member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives, District 96 (1991-2004).^[162]
• Rey Andre Olegario – ? (Philippines) – Vice Governor, Zamboanga Sibugay (2007 - present)^[113]
• H. O. Paxson – Theta Mu Advisor – Brigadier General United States Army; Lieutenant Governor Panama Canal Zone (1952-1955).^[103]
• John A. Perkins – Zeta Sigma – President of the University of Delaware (1950-1967); served as U.S. Representative to the UNESCO (1953-1955); served as an Undersecretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1956-1957).
• Samuel Pierce – Gamma – United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Reagan Administration (1981-1989).^[163]
• David A. Ponce De Leon – Theta Chi (Philippines) – Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Palawan, 1st District (1987-1995), Lieutenant Governor, Palawan (1986-1987, 2001-Present).^[164][113]
• Fidel V. Ramos – Pi (Philippines) – President of the Republic of the Philippines (1992-1998).^[117]

• Chuck Robb – Theta – Governor of Virginia (1982-1986); United States Senator from Virginia (1989-2001); Chair of the Iraq Intelligence Commission (2004); Member of the Iraq Study Group (2006).^[165]
• Jesse Robredo – Alpha Nu (Philippines) – Mayor, Naga City (1988-1998, 2001 - present); Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service, 2000^[113]
• Carlos P. Romulo – National Honorary – President of the Fourth Session of U.N. General Assembly (1949-1950); Chair of the U.N. Security Council (January 1957 & December 1957). Served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific; Philippines Ambassador to the United States. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence in 1942, the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize.^[166][167]
• David Gray Ross – ? – Member of the Maryland General Assembly (1970-1978); Circuit Court Judge (1978-1993).^[168]
• Donald S. Russell – Iota Mu – United States Senator from South Carolina (1965-1966); Governor of South Carolina (1963-1965); President of the University of South Carolina (1952-1957); Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1971-1998).^[72]
• Carl Sanders – Nu Epsilon – Governor of Georgia (1963-1967).^[169]
• Henry F. Schricker – Alpha Gamma – Governor of Indiana (1941-1945, 1949-1953).^[125]
• Datu Rusman Sinsuat – Epsilon Sigma (Philippines) – Provincial Board Member, Maguindanao (2001 - present)^[113]
• Adlai Stevenson – Zeta Sigma – Democratic Nominee for President of the United States (1952, 1956); United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1961-1965).^[124]
• Harry S. Truman – Alpha Mu – President of the United States (1945-1953).^[148]
• Hon WAHAB AKBAR – Representative of the Philippine for the Province of Basilan – Governor, Basilan
• Hon. Jose B. Catindig &andash;(Adamson University Sigma) &andash; Mayor, Santa Rosa City, Laguna (2007)
• Augusto L. Syjuco – Epsilon – Director-General Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Philippines) (TESDA), (2004-present(2007)), Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Iloilo, 2nd District (1998-2004).^[170]
• Joseph Tydings – Epsilon Mu – United States Senator from Maryland (1965-1971).^[96]

• Hubert Utterback – Omega Advisor – Associate Justice for Iowa Supreme Court (1932-1933); Member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa (1935-1937); Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senate.^{[171][172][173]}
• Antonio Villamor – Eta – Republic of the Philippines Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2006 - present).^[174]
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr. – Gamma Omicron – Mayor of New York City (1954—1965); United States Ambassador to Spain (1968–1969).^[175]
• Togo D. West, Jr. – Zeta Phi – Secretary of the Army (1993-1997) and Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1998-2000) for the Clinton Administration.^[64][73]
• Willard A. Wirtz – Eta – United States Secretary of Labor (1962-1969).^[64]
• Charles W. Wright – Lambda – Mayor of Topeka, Kansas (1965-1969).^[96]
• Anthony D. Wooden – Iota Psi (Philippines) – Provincial Board member Mountain Province (1998-2001).^[176]
• Manuel "Way Kurat" Zamora – Beta Phi (Philippines) – Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Compostela Valley, 1st District (2001 - present)^[113]
• Frank P. Zeidler – Upsilon – Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1948-1960); National Chair and 1976 Presidential Nominee of the United States Socialist Party.^[177]

[edit] Science, medicine and technology

• Robert Banks – Beta Omicron – Discoverer (With J. Paul Hogan) of Polypropylene (a plastic) and catalyst for easier creation of the plastic High Density Polyethylene (a plastic).^[178]
• Helmut Karl Buechner – Phi – First head of the Office of Ecology of the Smithsonian Institution; Senior Ecologist for the National Zoo 1972-1975.^[179]
• Arthur Compton – Alpha Phi – Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1927); Namesake of the Compton effect; Chancellor of Washington University in Saint Louis (1946-1953).^[180]
• John P. Giesy – Omicron Tau – Well noted Ecotoxicologist and expert in industrial pollutants and their effect on people and the environment.^{[181][182][183]}
• Lawrence Hirsch – Beta Gamma – President of Alpha Phi Omega (1974-1978). Served as President and Chairman of the Board of Chicago Medical Society. Served on National Council of BSA. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Honoree. 32nd Degree Mason. Received Chicago Medical Society's Public Service Award.^[184]
• James Lovell – Beta Theta – Astronaut; Gemini 7; Gemini 12; Apollo 8; and Commander of Apollo 13.^[64]
• Walter K. Macadam – Alpha Chi – President of IEEE (1967).^[185]
• Robert Moog – Gamma Omicron – Inventor of the Moog synthesizer, one of the first widely used electronic musical instruments.^[186]
• Louis H. Renfrow – ? – President of the International College of Dentists (1951).^[187]
• Cyril Wecht – Beta – Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coroner (1969-1980, 1996-2005); Allegheny County Commissioner (1979-1983); Democratic Candidate for United States Senate (1982); acclaimed forensic pathologist and author.^[188][189]
• James Frederick Young – Alpha – Vice President of Technical Resources for General Electric.^[190]

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• Ellsworth H. Augustus – Theta Upsilon – National president of the Boy Scouts of America (1959-1964).^[191]
• Elmaar Bakken – Alpha Lambda – National Director of Relationships, BSA (1957-1967).^[192][193]
• Alden G. Barber – Chi – Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1967-1976).^[41][194]
• Daniel Carter Beard – National Honorary – One of the Founders of the Boy Scouts of America; National Scout Commissioner (1910-1941).^[195]
• Francis O. Belzer – Alpha Tau Advisor, Mu Honorary – Scout Executive for Central Indiana Boy Scout Council 1915-1940. Founder of Firecrafters. Eulogized as the, 'Father of Scouting in Indianapolis.^[196]
• Shawn Edward Bowman – Alpha Delta Eta – Eagle Scout and Greater New York Councils scout leader who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Amphitheatre at Camp Aquehona at GNYC Ten Mile River Scout Camps dedicated to him.^[197][198]
• Frank W. Braden – ? – Assistant National Director the Boy Scouts of America for Senior Scouting (and other positions), responsible for establishing the Wood Badge in the United States.^[199][200]
• Joseph Brunton – ? – Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1960-1966); Director of Church Relations of the BSA (1952-1957).^[201]
• Richard Chappell – Nu Upsilon – Chosen to represent the BSA in Antarctica for the International Geophysical Year. Spent 14 months (January, 1957 – February, 1958) in Antarctica. Wrote Antarctic Scout.^[202]
• Harry K. Eby – Nu – National Director of the School of Relationships of the BSA.^[203]
• George J. Fisher, M.D. – National Honorary – Deputy Chief Scout Executive of the BSA (1919-1943); National Scout Commissioner (1943-1960).^[204]
• James P. Fitch – Alpha Omicron Advisor – BSA Region Executive for Region Nine (Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico) (1920-1945).^[205]
• E. Urner Goodman – National Honorary – Founder of Order of the Arrow.^[206]
• Alferd Zannie Hall, Jr. – Kappa Delta – General Secretary of the Church of God in Christ.^[207]
• Raymond O. Hanson – ? – Founder of the Knights of Dunamis; Region Twelve Scout Executive.^[208]
• Stanley A. Harris – Rho – First Director of Inter-Racial Scouting, BSA.^[209]
• Walter W. Head – Alpha Phi – National president of the Boy Scouts of America (1926-1931, 1931-1946).^[210]
• Robert E. Lee Hill – Beta Eta Advisor – President of Rotary International (1934); Director of Alumni Activities, University of Missouri (ca. 1936)^[211]
• Thomas J. Keane – Iota – National Director of Sea Scouting of the BSA; National Director of Senior Scouting of the BSA.^[212]
• Martin Luther King, Sr. – Psi Omicron – Baptist minister; an early civil rights leader and an advocate for social justice. He was also the father of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr..^[213]
• Perry A. Lint – National Honorary – Deputy Chief Scout Executive (c.a. 1944).^[214]
• John Meckley – Alpha Gamma Alpha – National Chief of Order of the Arrow (1990), Republican Candidate for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district (1998).^[215][216]
• W. Walter Menninger – Zeta – Immediate Past President and CEO of Menninger Foundation (1993-2001).^[64][217]
• Roland Nicholson, Jr. – Mu Gamma – Chairman of the Board, The Fortune Society (A prisoner's rights group).
• Edwin V. O'Hara – Gamma Xi – Catholic Bishop of Billings, Montana; Bishop and later Archbishop of Kansas City, Missouri (1939-1956).^[218]
• Harold F. Pote – Beta Iota – Director of Personnel for the BSA (1930-1955)..^[219]
• W. Franklyn Richardson – Sigma Mu – Chairman of National Action Network, a Black Civil Rights organization founded by Reverend Al Sharpton. He has been the youngest person to serve as General Secretary of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.^[220]
• Edgar M. Robinson – Gamma Eta – Second Managing Director of the BSA; eighth Silver Buffalo Award recipient in 1926; considered BSA's forgotten founding father.^[221][222]
• John M. Schiff – National Honorary – National president of the Boy Scouts of America (1951-1956).^[223]
• Lester R. Steig – Alpha Lambda Advisor – National President of Knights of Dunamis (1963-1971); National President of Alpha Phi Omega (1962-1964).^[224]
• J.L. Tarr – National Honorary – Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1979-1984).
• Howard Thurman – Zeta Upsilon – Theologian, Author, and Civil Rights Leader.^[225]
• Leonard H. Tower Jr. – Alpha Chi – Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation.^[226]
• James E. West – National Honorary, Alpha Pi – First Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.^[227][228]
• Delmer Wilson – Alpha Tau and Gamma Mu Advisor – Director of Personnel, BSA (1956-?).^[229]
• Ray O. Wyland – Alpha Advisor – BSA National Director of Education (1925-1952) and BSA National Director of Division of Relationships (1922-1952). Founding Advisor for Alpha Phi Omega.^[41]

[edit] See also

• Alpha Phi Omega
• List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
• List of notable Scouts

[edit] References