List of Theta Chi members
List of notable members of Theta Chi fraternity.
Armed Services
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Jimmie V. Adams | Chi/Auburn | Commander in Chief of US Pacific Air Forces | |
| Major General Francis William Billado | Alpha/Norwich | Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard | |
| Captain James M. Burt | Alpha/Norwich | U.S. Army, Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Recipient, WWII | |
| Major General Reginald M. Cram | Alpha/Norwich | Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard | |
| Major General Grenville M. Dodge | Alpha/Norwich | Union Army officer in the Civil War; Railroad executive, helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad | |
| Colonel Charles Ross Greening | Alpha Omicron / Washington State | flew in Gen. James Doolittle’s first air raid on Tokyo in WWII | |
| Vice Admiral George Raymond Henderson | Gamma/Maine | USN, a World War II-era officer | |
| Lieutenant General H.P. (Pete) Osman | Zeta Pi / Old Dominion | USMC, Responsible for Toys For Tots on the Eastern Seaboard | |
| Captain Harl Pease, Jr., | Zeta / New Hampshire | Army Air Corps Medal of Honor awarded posthumously on December 2, 1942, and Pease AFB named in honor of him. | |
| General John M. Shalikashvili | Gamma Upsilon / Bradley | Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander, Commander-in-Chief United States Military (Retired) | |
| Colonel Edward Shames | Zeta Pi / Old Dominion | Led troops in American airborne landings in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden as well as Battle of the Bulge, portrayed by Joseph May in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers | [1] |
| Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort | Beta Eta / Washington College | Led American airborne landings in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden in WWII | |
| Major Harold Watson | Alpha/Norwich | Flew in Doolittle Raid in WWII | |
| Brigadier General Edward Bancroft Williston | Alpha/Norwich | U.S. Army, Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War | |
| Glenn Rosenburger | Delta Gamma / West Virginia Wesleyan | US Marine Corp, Marine One Pilot |
Arts and Entertainment
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Spielberg | Zeta Epsilon / CSU-Long Beach | Movie Producer, Writer & Academy Award winning Director | |
| Charles Addams | Iota/Colgate | Cartoonist for New Yorker Magazine & creator of The Addams Family | |
| Edward Andrews | Xi/Virginia | Actor, appeared in over 50 films including Sixteen Candles and Gremlins | |
| Matt Austin | Actor, Date Movie | ||
| Steve Buckingham | Omicron/Richmond | Grammy Award winning music producer | |
| Edgar Buchanan | Alpha Sigma / Oregon | Actor, Starred on Petticoat Junction TV series | |
| Evan Wecksell | Epsilon Theta/Tufts University | Comedian, Singer/Songwriter VH1, E!, Comedy Central, Conan (talk show) | |
| Rob Corddry | Theta/UMass | Screen Actor and "Senior Correspondent" on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | |
| Michael Fjordbak | Delta Phi / North Texas | Actor, MTV series Teen Wolf (2012 series) | |
| Sammy Kaye | Alpha Tau / Ohio | Big Bandleader and Songwriter | |
| Dr. Tait J. Martin | Eta Omicron / Northwestern State | Emmy Winner and CEO of The iNSiGHT Cooperative | |
| Dan Resin | Alpha Iota / Indiana | Dr. Beeper in the movie Caddyshack. | |
| Martin Rubeo | Gamma Eta / Bucknell | Musician and founding member of alternative rock band, Gramsci Melodic | |
| Francis H. Striker | Gamma Pi / Buffalo | Writer, Co-Creator of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet | |
| Phil Vassar | Eta Kappa / James Madison | Country Music Star | |
| Terry Woodford | Chi/Auburn | Motown Records Music Producer | |
| J.P. Godsey | Radio Host, Virginia Beach, VA | ||
| Ben Silverman | co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. | ||
| John Burk | Grammy Award winning Producer, President Concord Records, CCO Concord Music Group | ||
| Gregory Nicotero | Zeta Lambda / Westminster | Executive Producer of The Walking Dead |
Business and Industry
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul R. Andrews | Alpha/Norwich | Former President and Chairman, Prentice-Hall | |
| Ronald Batory | President and COO, Consolidated Rail Corporation Conrail | ||
| James L. Bauchat | Alpha Gamma / Michigan | Former Vice President of American Tobacco Company; Former President and CEO of Sunshine Biscuits, Inc. | |
| Patrick W. Brown | Managing Director/ Corporate Architect, FedEx Freight, Harrison, AR | ||
| Jack DeBoer | Beta Zeta / Michigan State | Former Chairman and CEO of Residence Inns; Xerox Board of Trustees member; Cofounder, Chairman, and CEO of Candlewood Suites; Founder of Summerfield Suites; Cofounder of Cambridge Suites and Value Inn | |
| Russell DeYoung | Beta Lambda / Akron | Former Chairman and CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | |
| Samuel DiPiazza | Alpha Phi / Alabama | Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers | |
| Stewart A. Dunn | Iota/Colgate | Former Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch | |
| Robert E. Eberly | Omega / Penn State | Penn State benefactor | |
| David R. Goode | Gamma Sigma / Duke | Retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation | |
| Crawford H. Greenewalt | Beta/MIT | Former CEO of DuPont, worked on the "Manhattan Project" | |
| Bill Grimes | Delta Gamma / West Virginia Wesleyan | Former President and CEO of ESPN; Former Vice President of CBS Broadcasting Group | |
| James Haworth | Epsilon Phi / Central Missouri | Sears Executive Vice President; former EVP and COO of Wal-Mart; former chairman, president and CEO of Chia Tai Enterprises International | |
| David F. Hodnik | Zeta Psi / Western Illinois | Former CEO of Ace Hardware | |
| William K. Howell | Omicron/Richmond | Former President of Miller Brewing Company | [2][3][4] |
| Tony Hulman Sr. | Delta Pi / Indiana State | Former CEO of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and other endeavors (honorary member) | |
| Lee Iacocca | Beta Sigma / Lehigh | Former Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation; President of Ford Motor Company | |
| Frederick Krom | Zeta Psi / Western Illinois | ARX Investment Management Vice Chairman and partner; former Vice President of Morgan Stanley | |
| David Lauren | Gamma Sigma / Duke | Senior Vice President of Advertising, Marketing, and Corporate Communications for Polo Ralph Lauren | |
| Herbert E. Lister | Gamma Xi / San Jose State | Former President and CEO, AllState Insurance | |
| Nick Mileti | Gamma Mu / Bowling Green | Former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Crusaders, and the Coliseum at Richfield | |
| Van Richey | Alpha Phi / Alabama | President and CEO, American Cast Iron Pipe Co. | |
| Bob Sasser | Gamma Rho / Florida State University | CEO of Dollar Tree | |
| Eric Schiffer | CEO of 99 Cents Only Stores | ||
| Philip Rinaldi | Epsilon Psi / NJIT | CEO of Philadelphia Energy Solutions |
Education
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sloan Dickey | Alpha Theta / Dartmouth | Former president of Dartmouth College | |
| Charles Dole | Alpha/Norwich | Former President of Norwich University | |
| William Durden | Pi/Dickinson | President of Dickinson College | |
| Michael Heyman | Alpha Alpha Theta / Dartmouth | Former Chancellor, University of California | |
| Dr. Walter S. Newman | Nu/Hampden-Sydney | Former President of Virginia Tech | |
| Charles H. Spooner | Alpha/Norwich | Former President of Norwich University | |
| Robert A. Weygand | Eta / Rhode Island | Vice president for administration of the University of Rhode Island, former Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, former U.S. Representative for 2nd District of Rhode Island | |
| Dr. David Deggs | Scholar and professor at the University of Arkansas | ||
| William J. Taverner | Sexologist, author and editor of sexuality texts, including the American Journal of Sexuality Education | ||
| Richard Benson | Fulbright Scholarship recipient | ||
| Lee Bollinger | Alpha Sigma/University of Oregon | President of Columbia University | |
| John M Sullivan | Eta Omicron / Northwestern State U | President of the Art Academy of Cincinnati |
Politics and government
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Michael Ball | Tau / Florida | Former New Hampshire State Representative - Hillsborough District 9 | |
| Marvin R. Baxter | Beta Upsilon / Fresno State | Current Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California | |
| Ralph Brooks | Gamma Phi / Nebraska Wesleyan | Former governor of Nebraska | |
| Dennis Cardoza | Eta Tau / California State University Stanislaus | U.S. Representative for 18th District of California | |
| Theodore Christianson | Alpha Pi / Minnesota | Former governor of Minnesota | |
| Robert Cupp | Zeta Kappa / Ohio Northern | Member of the Ohio State Supreme Court | |
| Carl Curtis | Gamma Phi / Nebraska Wesleyan | Former US Senator and Representative of Nebraska | |
| Christopher Dorworth | Tau/University of Florida | Former Florida Representative for 34th District of Florida | |
| Ernest W. Gibson | Alpha/Norwich | Former US Senator, governor of Vermont | |
| Tony Goolsby | University of North Texas | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County, 1989-2009 | [5] |
| Harry Hughes | Alpha Psi / Maryland | Former governor of Maryland | |
| Eugene Keogh | Upsilon/NYU | Former US Representative, Author of Keogh Plan | |
| Matthew LoPresti | Delta Theta/University of Toledo | Hawaii State Representative, District 41 | |
| Peter Lund | Zeta Beta / Adrian | Current Michigan Representative for the 36th District and Michigan House Majority Whip | |
| Warren Magnuson | Alpha Rho / Washington | Former US Senator | |
| William J. Murphy | Zeta Upsilon / University of Hartford | 221st Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
| Jacob A. Preus | Alpha Pi / Minnesota | Former governor of Minnesota | |
| David R. Stras | Delta Psi / Kansas | Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court | |
| Randall Tobias | Alpha Iota / Indiana | Former U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, former CEO and chairman, AT&T Communications, former chairman, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, author | |
| Fuller Warren | Tau/Florida | Former governor of Florida | |
| Michael Villines | Former California State Assemblyman, 29th District and Republican Leader of The House | ||
| Dan Daley | Gamma Rho / Florida State | Commissioner, City of Coral Springs, Florida | |
| Chris Carr | Delta Beta / Georgia | Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development |
Journalism
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radley Balko | Senior Editor, Reason Magazine | ||
| Justin Breen | Senior Editor, DNAinfo.com/Chicago | ||
| Blake Essig | Columnist, The Wall Street Journal | ||
| Mike Greenberg | Delta Iota / Northwestern University | Co-host of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning | |
| Jay Ingram | Zeta Gamma / University of Alberta | Toronto Star Journalist, Author, TV Host of several Discovery Channel Canada programs, including Daily Planet | |
| Sean McManus | President of CBS News and CBS Sports | ||
| Harry Reasoner | Former news anchor of ABC & CBS, Editor of 60 Minutes | ||
| Michael J. Shaara | Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Killer Angels which served as the basis for the movie Gettysburg | ||
| Bob Woodruff | Former co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight (recuperating from wounds sustained while on assignment in Iraq in January 2006) | ||
| Paul Zimmerman | Sports Editor of the Los Angeles Times | ||
| Matt Gallagher | Contributor for New York Times, and author (Gamma Omicron) |
Research and Space
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel T. Barry | Lambda/Cornell | Former NASA Mission Specialist aboard 3 Space Shuttle missions. Also appeared on the TV show Survivor: Panama. | |
| Owen Chamberlain | Alpha Theta / Dartmouth | Former Professor of Physics, joined "Manhattan Project" 1942-1946, Winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Charles E. "Buddy" Davis | Chi/Auburn | Apollo space program engineer | |
| Edward G. Gibson | Alpha Zeta / Rochester | Former NASA Astronaut, spent 84 days aboard Skylab | |
| Donald E. Knuth | Beta Nu/Case Western Reserve University | Computer Scientist and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University; Recipient of 1974 Turing Award | |
| Dr. Hugh M. Long, Jr. | Chi/Auburn | 1949 Rhodes Scholarship recipient, cryogenic engineer, physics researcher |
Athletics
| Name | Original chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Cardinal | Alpha Delta / Purdue | Former Purdue basketball player, Currently in the NBA playing for the Dallas Mavericks | |
| Ernie Conwell | Alpha Rho / Washington | Professional football player, New Orleans Saints | |
| Manny Diaz | Gamma Rho / Florida State | Defensive coordinator for Mississippi State University | |
| Turk Edwards | Alpha Omicron / Washington State | Former NFL player | |
| Dick Fosbury | Sigma / Oregon State University | 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the high jump and creator of the Fosbury Flop | |
| Robert "Lefty" Grove | Beta Eta / Washington College | Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox (1925–1941), and inductee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Honorary Membership) | |
| Tom Haller | Rho/Illinois | Former MLB catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers | |
| Luke Hancock | Eta Chi / George Mason | Current NCAA forward for the Louisville Cardinals and formerly the George Mason Patriots. Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 Final Four | |
| Tunch Ilkin | Delta Pi / Indiana State | Former NFL athlete and voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Ralph "Shug" Jordan | Chi/Auburn | Former Head Football Coach, Auburn University, 1957 NCAA National Champions | |
| Scott "Raven" Levy | Alpha Xi / Delaware | Professional Wrestler, Actor, Writer | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | Beta Kappa / Hamline University | Former basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers & in the Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Mike "The Miz" Mizanin | Gamma Kappa / Miami (OH) | Professional Wrestler, Actor, Reality TV star | |
| Mark Murphy | Iota/Colgate | Former All-Pro Defensive Back for the Washington Redskins, 1977–84, former Athletic Director for Northwestern University, President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers | |
| Johnny Norlander | Beta Kappa / Hamline | Former professional basketball player and Hamline University NCAA Champion Basketball team with Vern Mikkelson. | |
| Jim Parque | Beta Alpha / UCLA | Former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Matt Patricia | Delta/RPI | Defensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots | |
| Jimmy "Red" Phillips | Chi/Auburn | Three-time NFL Pro-Bowler, All-American wide receiver at Auburn University and member of Auburn's 1957 national championship football team | |
| Alan K. "Al" Saunders | Gamma Xi / San Jose State | Offensive Coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, Former Associate Head Coach & Offensive Coordinator for the Washington Redskins from 2006–2007, Former Offensive Coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, 2001–2005, Former Head Coach of the San Diego Chargers, 1986–1988 |
References
- ↑ Hill, Ben. "Our Band of Brothers". Theta Chi Fraternity. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-15/business/fi-24003_1_philip-morris
- ↑ http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-02/local/39698054_1_miller-brewing-miller-lite-less-filling
- ↑ http://m.jsonline.com/more/news/obituaries/miller-brewing-executive-ushered-in-light-beer-era-b9924242z1-209797521.html
- ↑ "State Representative Tony Goolsby" (PDF). lrl.state.tx.us. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
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