List of Acacia brothers
The list of Acacia brothers includes initiated and honorary members of Acacia.
Notable alumni
Politics and government
- Conrad G Selvig Minnesota 1906 - US Congressman, Minnesota
- Harry Leslie Purdue 1907 - Governor of Indiana
- William Jennings Bryan, Nebraska 1908 - Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson, Orator
- Clarence M. Young, Yale 1910 - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, Appointed by President Hoover.
- William Howard Taft, Yale 1913 - 27th President of the United States of America
- Paul V. McNutt, Harvard 1914 - Governor of Indiana
- David Sholtz, Yale 1914 - Governor of Florida
- Arthur Capper, Kansas State 1916 - Governor and US Senator, Kansas
- Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma 1920 - US Congressman, Oklahoma
- Francis H Case, Northwestern 1923 - US Congressman, South Dakota
- Wendell Berge, Nebraska 1924 - US Assistant Attorney General
- Ralph Yarborough, Texas 1926 - US Senator, Texas
- Ovie Clark Fisher, Texas 1926 - US Congressman, Texas, Writer
- John Moore Allison, Nebraska 1927 - Diplomat, Ambassador to Japan, Assistant Secretary of State under Truman
- William G. Bray, Indiana 1927 - US Congressman, Indiana
- Homer Thornberry, Texas 1930 - US Congressman, Texas
- J. Edward Hutchinson, Michigan 1933 - US Congressman, Michigan
- Frank Carlson, Kansas State 1948 - US Congressman, US Senator, Governor of Kansas
- Homer E. Capehart, Indiana 1959 - US Senator, Indiana
- James 'Jim' Kolbe, Northwestern 1961 - US House Representative, Arizona
- Steve Scalise, LSU 1986 - Current US Congressman, Louisiana
- Jim Watson, Carleton University 1998 - Member of Provincial Parliament (Minister), Mayor of Ottawa,Ontario Canada (1997–2000)
Sports
- Chester L. Brewer, Missouri 1911 - Past head football coach at both Missouri and Michigan State, past Athletic Director of Missouri
- Thomas E. Jones, Wisconsin 1913 - Hall of Fame Track Coach
- John L. Griffith, Illinois 1921 - Past Commissioner of what is now the Big Ten Conference
- Edwin Weir, Nebraska 1925 - Hall of Fame college football player
- Addison 'Kayo' Exum Warren, North Carolina 1927 - Professional and Collegiate Boxer
- Jack van Bebber, Oklahoma State 1931 - Olympic wrestler
- Calvin Griffith, George Washington 1935 - Owner of Washington Senators/ Minnesota Twins
- Arthur L. Valpey, Michigan 1936 - Head football coach of Harvard and UConn
- Thomas “Tommy” James, Ohio State 1942 - Professional football player, Cleavland Browns
- Dee Andros, Oklahoma 1948 - Head football coach and athletic director, Oregon State
- Gene Conley, Washington State 1949 - Professional Baseball Player and Basketball Player
- Roger Nelson, Oklahoma 1951 - Canadian Football Hall of Fame
- Richard ‘Dick’ Farley, Indiana 1951 - Star IU Basketball player for the 1953 National Championship team, NBA player
- David 'Wes' Santee, Kansas 1952 - Olympic runner
- Clive A. Follmer, Illinois 1953 - 1953 Big 10 Athlete of the Year, professional baseball player
- Frank Allen Indiana 1956 - Former IU Athletic Director
- Paul Coward, Purdue 1956 - All-America soccer player
- Ron Fairly, USC 1957 - Professional baseball player and broadcaster
- Tony Crosby Texas 1963 - Star Kicker/Halfback for UT's 1963 National Championship football team
- Pat Jones Oklahoma State - Head Football Coach at Oklahoma State, Assistant Coach of Miami Dolphins
- Gary Patterson Kansas State 1980 - Head Football Coach, TCU (Current)
Business
- Herbert A. Kern, Minnesota 1914 - Founder Chicago Chemical Company, later changed to Nalco
- Lewis H Wentz, Oklahoma 1927 - Oil businessman
- J. Dennis Bassett, Kansas State 1956 - President, Worldwide Poultry/ Cargill Co.
- Robert Pfahl, Cornell 1958 - VP of iNEML, recipient of Electronic Goes Green Award
- Edgar H. Grubb, Penn State 1959 - Executive VP and CFO, Transamerica Corp.
- Leonard ‘Lee’ Kearney, Oregon State 1959 - Senior Executive, Peter Kiewit Sons’ Construction
- Robert Forney, Indiana 1960 - Former President, Chicago Stock Exchange; current President & CEO, the Global Foodbanking Network
- David Baum, Indiana 1961 - President, SSI Technologies Inc.
- Dennis Chookaszian, Northwestern 1962 - Chairman & CEO, CNA Insurance Companies, Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Kriss Cloninger III, Texas 1966 - President & CEO, Aflac
- John F. Hoffner, Purdue 1966 - Executive VP and CFO, Jack in the Box Inc.
- Edward S. Knight, Texas 1971 - Executive VP & General Counsel, NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
- William H Strong, Purdue 1971 - Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
- Andy Westlund, Oregon State 1971 - VP of Global Logistics, Amazon.com
- Ronald Kase, Purdue 1978 - Venture capitalist, NEA
Higher education
- Roscoe Pound, Nebraska 1905, Harvard 1913 - Educator, Bushnell Hall at KSU dedicated in his name
- Albert B Storms, Iowa State 1909 - President, Iowa State University
- Walter Williams, Missouri 1909 - President, University of Missouri; founder of Missouri School of Journalism
- Arthur Simeon Watts, Ohio State 1911 - Educator, Watts Hall dedicated in his name at Ohio State
- Leland David Bushnell, Kansas State 1913 - Educator, Bushnell Hall at KSU dedicated in his name
- Audrey A. Potter, Kansas State 1920 - Educator in field of engineering, buildings dedicated in his name at Purdue and Purdue-Calumet
- Ernest H. Hahne, Nebraska 1921 - Past President of Miami University (Ohio), Hahne Hall dedicated in his name
- Bland L. Stradley, Ohio State 1921 - Educator, Stradley Hall is dedicated to his name at Ohio State
- Raymond A. Pearson, Iowa State 1924 - President, Iowa State University
- Stratton D Brooks, Missouri 1925 - President of University of Oklahoma (1912) and University of Missouri (1923)
- Samuel Justus McKinley, Harvard 1928 - Past President of Emerson College, Boston
- Burton W. Gorman, Indiana 1930 - Educator, Burton W Gorman Teaching Award is dedicated in his name
- William L. Henning, Wisconsin 1931 - Educator, Henning Building dedicated in his name at Penn State
- Charles E. MacQuigg, Cornell 1935 - Educator, MacQuigg Hall dedicated in his name at Ohio State
- Robert E. Vivian, USC 1947 - Educator, Vivian Hall dedicated in his name at USC
- Claude R. Sowle, Northwestern 1947 - Past President of Ohio University
- L. Dennis Smith, Indiana 1956 - President Emeritus, University of Nebraska
- Kenneth L. Schwab, Purdue 1966 - President, Centenary College
Science
- William F. Durand, Stanford 1904 - NASA pioneer
- Wallace E Pratt, Kansas 1907- Pioneer in petroleum field
- Wheeler P. Davey, Penn State 1910 - X-ray pioneer, Davey Lab dedicated in his name at Penn State
- Alexander Wetmore, Kansas 1912 - World-renowned ornithologist
- Karl M. Dallenbach, Cornell 1913 - Internationally renowned psychologist
- Emmett B. Carmichael, Colorado 1918 - Renowned chemist
- Harold E. Edgerton, Nebraska 1924 - Pioneer in electronic flash, pertaining to photography
- Lloyd Berkner, Minnesota 1926 - Renowned physicist
- Theodore P. Hall, Syracuse 1927 - Pioneer in airplane design
- James E. Webb, North Carolina 1927 - High-ranking NASA official in 60’s
- Jack Kilby, Illinois 1942 - Nobel Prize laureate in physics, inventor of the integrated circuit
- Laurence H. Snyder, Oklahoma 1949 - Pioneer in genetics
- George J. Marrett Iowa State 1957 - Test pilot for USAF & Hughes Aircraft Company and author of four non-fiction books on aviation
- David Fischell Cornell 1972 - Biomedical engineer, inventor of the heart-stent
Arts and entertainment
- Arthur H Carhart, Iowa State 1916 - Early conservationist and writer
- Edward Everett Dale, Harvard 1917 - Historian, writer
- John Mel Hickerson, Iowa 1920 - Author of numerous books
- Paul E. Barr, Indiana 1928 - Artist, Painter
- Harry H. Lunn, Michigan 1951 - Photographer and collector
- James ‘Jim’ Hamil, Kansas 1958 - Artist, Painter
- Philip Bobbitt, Texas 1965 - Author and constitutional theorist
- Scott Houston, Indiana 1980 - Public Television Personality, public speaker, known as ‘Piano Guy’
- Ed Ulbrich, Illinois 1984 - Film visual effects producer, most notably The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fight Club
- Mark Edward Smith, Missouri - Actor, Vocalist, notable works: Avatar and X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Miscellaneous or multiple
- Walter Elmer Ekblaw Illinois 1907 - Originator of ‘Homecoming’
- Hiram Bingham III, Yale 1915 - Explorer, discovered Machu Picchu, US Senator
- H. L. 'Tom' Sebring, Kansas State 1920 - Judge for Nuremberg Trials; Head football coach University of Florida
- David P. Osborne, Penn State 1935 - Naval Surgeon, performed the JFK autopsy, worked on LBJ
- Clifton Hillegass, Nebraska 1938 - Creator of CliffsNotes
- Frank S. Land, Missouri - Founder of DeMolay
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