List of Pi Kappa Phi alumni

The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has initiated over 100,000 members since it was founded in 1904. Among these initiates, are a number of notable alumni that have been involved in politics, business, athletics, science, and entertainment.^[1]^[2]

1 Business
2 Arts and entertainment
3 Government
4 Higher education and non-profit
5 Journalism
6 Literature
7 Religion
8 Sciences
9 Sports
10 References

Business

Name

Chapter

Notability

Dick Bartlett

Alpha Epsilon

Member of The World Economic Forum
Vice-chairman of Mary Kay

Glen Porter Brock

Upsilon

Former President and Chairman of the Illinois Central Railroad

Dennis Cakebread

Gamma

Owner and Director-of-sales of Cakebread Cellars

Eugene Cartledge

Omicron

Former Chairman of Union Camp Corporation

Joe Forehand

Alpha Iota

Former Chairman and CEO of the global management consulting firm Accenture

Ben Hill Griffin

Alpha Epsilon

Citrus business magnate and founder of Ben Hill Griffin Inc.
Ranked 261st in the Forbes 400 in 1989 (the year before his death)
Served in the Florida Senate for four years
Served in the Florida House of Representatives for eight years
Former benefactor of the University of Florida

Mark Clayton Hollis

Chi

Former CEO of Publix Supermarkets

Valsin A. Marmillion

Beta Omicron

President of Marmillion & Company

Karl W. Moore

Beta Omicron

Former VP & CIO International Paper and former VP & CFO International Paper, Europe

David Morgan, Sr.

Beta Omicron

Former Owner and President of United Teacher Associates Insurance Company

Parker Pete Petit

Iota

Chairman and CEO of Matria Healthcare

Lonnie C. Poole Jr.

Tau

Founder and Director of Waste Industries USA Inc.
Benefactor of the Poole College of Management and the Lonnie Poole Golf Course at North Carolina State University

David Ratcliffe

Beta Tau

CEO of Southern Company

Bruce Rogers

Chi

Co-founder and Managing Director of KRG Capital

Bradley E. Singer

Beta Upsilon

CFO of Discovery Communications
Former CFO of American Tower Corporation

Robert C. Sledd

Alpha Sigma

Chairman of Performance Food Group

Kevin Smilak

Eta Sigma

Co-founder of Scour

John Darrell Wainio

Omicron

CEO of Pangea Capital Investments

Michael Maiorano

Seton Hall University

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Arts and entertainment

Name	Chapter	Notability
David Beahm	Epsilon Alpha	Corporate and private event designer and planner
George Fisher	unknown	Lead singer of American death metal band Cannibal Corpse
Randy Owen	Delta Epsilon	Lead singer of Grammy Award-winning American country band Alabama 73 million record sales worldwide Ranks 29th in U.S. album sales according to RIAA^[3]
Trevor Penick	Zeta Rho	Former member of American pop group O-Town Pop singer and performer
Thomas Hart Sayre	Kappa	American sculptor and artist Co-founder of non-profit organization Push America
Russ Hochstedler	Omega	Lead singer of American band Letters to a Lie
Ryan Crow	Eta Sigma	Non-Scripted Television Show Producer
Niles "Cyrano" Hollowell-Dhar	Eta Omicron	Vocalist of American hip hop indie-pop duo The Cataracs

Government

Legislative

Name	Chapter	Notability
Howard Baker	Alpha Sigma	Former Senate Majority Leader Former senator from Tennessee Former White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Founder of international law firm Baker Donelson, the largest law firm in the state of Tennessee and the 78th largest law firm in the United States
Phil Bryant	Theta Alpha	Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives Former state controller of Mississippi
Carroll Campbell	Sigma	Former Governor of South Carolina Former member of the United States House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina Senate Former President and CEO of American Council of Life Insurers
Howard Coble	Epsilon Iota	Member of the United States House of Representatives Former North Carolina Secretary of Revenue
Philip Crane	Alpha Iota	Former member of the United States House of Representatives for 36 years
James Edwards	Alpha	Former Governor of South Carolina Former Secretary of Energy under President Reagan Former member of the South Carolina Senate Former president of the Medical University of South Carolina
Henry H. Fowler	Xi	Former Secretary of the Treasury Former member of the War Production Board Former member of the National Security Council
Lindsey Graham	Sigma	United States Senator of South Carolina Former member of the United States House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
George M. Grant	Omicron	Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.	Alpha Epsilon	Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Brandt Hershman	Omega	2010 candidate for United States House of Representatives Member of Indiana Senate, Republican Majority Whip
Ernest Hollings	Alpha	Former member of the United States Senate Former Governor of South Carolina Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Former chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget Former chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Olin D. Johnston	Zeta	Former Governor of South Carolina Former member of the United States Senate Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Dan K. Moore*	Kappa	Former Governor of North Carolina Former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Ollie Wilson Nabors	Omicron	Former member of the United States Senate from Alabama
Gaylord Nelson	Gamma Nu	Former member of the United States Senate Former Governor of Wisconsin Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate Founded Earth Day in 1970 Recipient of the 1995 Presidential Medal of Freedom for his environmental work
Jon T. Rymer	Alpha Sigma	Inspector General for the FDIC
James E. Rzepkowski	Eta Epsilon	Former Maryland Delegate
Mac Schneider	Zeta Gamma	Member of the North Dakota Senate
Mark Singel	Alpha Mu	Former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Former Acting Governor of Pennsylvania
Wayne Stenehjem	Zeta Gamma	Attorney General of North Dakota Former member of the North Dakota Senate Former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.*	Sigma	Former Governor of South Carolina Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
George Wallace Jr.	Omicron	Former State Treasurer of Alabama Former member of the Alabama Public Service Commission

Judicial

Name	Chapter	Notability
Dan K. Moore*	Kappa	Former justice of the North Carolina Superior Court and North Carolina Supreme Court
Benjamin F. Overton	Alpha Epsilon	Former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Alan Sundberg	Beta Eta	Former Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
James Turk	Xi	Former Senior United States District Judge
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.*	Sigma	Former judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina

Military

Name	Chapter	Notability
Leonard Anderson	Alpha Phi	Pilot, Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team
Thomas L. Carter	Gamma Delta	Retired Major General, United States Air Force Former Military Attache to President Ronald Reagan
Adrian Cronauer	Eta Epsilon	Voice Behind Good Morning Vietnam
Marion "Hack" Mixson*	Beta	U2 Spy Plane Project
Hector Andres Negroni*	Alpha Upsilon	Retired Colonel United States Air Force First Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy
Tom Palmer	Delta Beta	Retired Colonal United States Army Commandant of the Corps of Cadets at North Georgia College and State University
John Keagy Stoner*	Alpha Upsilon	Retired Major General United States Army Highest Ranking Military Officer in Drexel University History
John J. Yeosock*	Alpha Mu	Retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
Ronald J. Zlatoper*	Alpha Tau	Retired Admiral, U.S. Navy former Commander of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC)
Christopher W. Cole	Kappa	Retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
Rufus Geddie Herring	Epsilon	United States Naval Reserve officer, Medal of Honor recipient

Higher education and non-profit

Name	Chapter	Notability
Brooks Keel*	Gamma Psi	President, Georgia Southern University
George C. Griffin*	Iota	Former Dean of Students, Georgia Institute of Technology
S. Walter Martin*	Delta	President Emeritus, Valdosta State University
Durward Owen*	Xi	Past Director of North-American Interfraternity Conference Board of Directors
Phillip M. Summers*	Alpha Psi	Former President, Vincennes University
John Cullum Wilson*	Eta	Former CEO, American Red Cross
Dale Kinkade*	Alpha Delta	Llinguist and Specialist in Salishan languages

Journalism

Name	Chapter	Notability
Rich Eisen	Alpha Kappa	Host of NFL Total Access Former ESPN Anchor American television journalist
David Goodnow	Alpha Psi	Former CNN Headline News Anchor
Malcolm Johnson	Alpha Alpha	Pulitzer Prize winner Investigative Journalist
Rick Sanchez	Theta Delta	Television and Radio Journalist with WSVN-TV Miami and Univision Radio, formerly of CNN
Michael Senzon	Beta Tau	Supervising Producer CNN.com

Literature

Name	Chapter	Notability
Robert F. Inman	Omicron	Author
Thomas Wolfe	Kappa	Author Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
Robby Nadler	Eta Sigma	Poet Fulbright Scholar^[4] 2010 Discovered Voice Award Winner^[5]

Religion

Name	Chapter	Notability
Hunter T. Brewer	Alpha Eta	Founding Minister, Madison Heights Church (Madison, MS)
Dan W. Boles	Eta Delta	Campus Pastor & Director, Presbyterian Campus Ministry @ KSU (Kennesaw, GA)
Keith L. Ackerman	Delta Psi	Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy
John Thomas Farrell	Gammu Mu	Rector, St. James Episcopal Church, Founded 1704 New York City

Sciences

Name	Chapter	Notability
Roger Crouch	Gamma Beta	Astronaut
Ed Lu	Psi	Astronaut Physicist
Paul V. Braun (professor)	Psi	Professor of Matericals Science at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Russell Conwell Newhouse	Alpha Nu	Inventor Altimeter
Charles H. Townes	Delta	Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Dean Ho	Eta Sigma	Professor at Northwestern University Nanotechnology researcher

Sports

Name	Chapter	Notability
Wally Butts	Alpha Alpha	College Football Coach Former head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs
Robert Graziano	Delta Rho	Baseball Executive Former President/CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jim Edmonds	Zeta Rho	All- Star Outfielder Currently plays with the Cincinnati Reds
Tommy Lasorda	Member-at-Large	Olympic Gold Medal winning coach Former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Former Slim Fast Spokesman
John Eagleton	Sigma	3-Time Tennis All American Current Record Holder Most Wins at the University of Miami Currently with Kriek Eagleton Tennis Academy
Joe Sewell	Omicron	Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Former Major League Baseball Infielder
Matt Arroyo	Beta Lambda	Professional mixed martial artist
Chris Moneymaker	Alpha Sigma	2003 Winner of the World Series of Poker Professional Poker Player
Pat Rummerfield	Theta Iota	World's first fully recovered quadriplegic Land speed world record holder

References

^ "Official Pi Kappa Phi website". Pi Kappa Phi. http://www.pikapp.org. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
^ "Notable alumni". Pi Kappa Phi. http://www.pikapp.org/AboutUs/flash/famous.swf. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
^ RIAA Top Artists Recording Industry Association of America Accessed 29 July 2007
^ "Fulbright Fellowship Takes UM Grad To Israel". http://news.umt.edu/2011/06/061711fulb.aspx.
^ "2010 – 2011 Discovered Voices Award Winners". http://ironhorsereview.com/archives/420.

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Contents

Business

Arts and entertainment

Government

Legislative

Judicial

Military

Higher education and non-profit

Journalism

Literature

Religion

Sciences

Sports

References