Government
Members in the 105th Congress
Senator Donald L. Nickles, Oklahoma State 71 (Majority Whip) Oklahoma
Senator Richard G. Lugar, Denison 54 Indiana
Senator John W. War ner, W ashington & Lee 50 Virginia
Representative Robert (Bob) Franks, DePauw 73 New Jersey
Representative Richard A. Gephardt, Northwestern 62 (House Min. Leader) Missouri
Representative Steven Gunderson, W isconsin 73 Wisconsin
Representative Charles G. Rose III, Davidson 61 N. Carolina
Representative John M. Spratt, Jr., Davidson 64 S. Carolina
Former United States Congressmen
Senator Mark O. Hatfield, W illamette 43 Oregon
Representative Craig T. James, Florida 63 Florida
Representative Thomas G. Loef fler, Texas 71 Texas
Representative James G. Martin, Davidson 57 North Carolina
Representative Richard D. Nichols, Kansas State 51 Kansas
Representative John J. Rhodes, Kansas State 38 Arizona
Representative Daniel Schaefer, South Dakota 58 Colorado
Representative Philip R. Sharp, DePauw 64 Indiana
Representative Dennis A. Smith, Willamette 60 Oregon
Representative Mike Synar, Oklahoma 74 (dec.) Oklahoma
Representative Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi 33 (dec.) Mississippi
Former United States Governors
Former Governor Brereton C. Jones, Virginia 61 Kentucky
Former Governor Raymond E. Mabus, Mississippi 69 Mississippi
Former Governor Arch A. Moore, West Virginia 51 West Virginia
Former Governor James G. Martin, Davidson 57 North Carolina
Former High-ranking U.S. Officials
William J. Perry, Carnegie Mellon 49 Secretary of Defense
Federal Judges
Ralph G. Thompson, Oklahoma 56 Oklahoma
Charles H. Haden II, West Virginia 58 West Virginia
Canadian Officials
John Russell Schram, Western Ontario 62/ Toronto 65 Amb., Sierra Leone High Commissioner
John N.W. Turner, British Columbia 49 Former Prime Minister
Former Canadian Provincial Premiers
David Peterson, Western Ontario 64 Ontario
Michael F. Harcourt, British Columbia 64 British Columbia
Former United States Ambassadors
John S. Cooper, Centre 22/ Yale 23 (dec.) India, Nepal, East Germany
Robert H. Phinny, North Carolina 45 Swaziland
Glen A. Holden, Oregon 51 Jamaica
Robert G. Rich, Florida 52 Belize
John E. Dolibois, Miami 42 Luxembourg
Joseph S. Farland, West Virginia 38 Iran and Pakistan
Sports
Olympic Medal Winners
Joe Bottom, USC 77 100 butterfly (1976 silver)
Don Bragg, UCLA 59 pole vault (1960 gold)
Harold Herman Brix, W ashington 28 shotput (1928 silver)
Bob Clotwathy, Ohio State 54 springboard diving (1956 gold, 1952 bronze)
Don Cohan, Amherst 51 yachting (1972 bronze)
Leroy B. Cochran, Indiana 41 440 hurdles (1948 gold), mile relay (1948 gold)
Mel Counts, Oregon State 64 basketball (1964 gold)
Charlie Doe, Stanford 20 rugby (1924 and 1920 gold)
Eddie P. F. Eagan, Denver/Yale 20 boxing 178-lb. (1920 gold) and bobsleeding (1932 gold)
John Ferris, Stanford 71 200 M (1968 bronze), 200 butterfly (1968 bronze)
Jeff Float, USC 83 4x200 freestyle relay (1984 gold)
Bruce Furniss, Stanford 79 200 freestyle (1976 gold), 4x200 freestyle relay (1976 gold)
Steve Furniess, Stanford 75 200 IM (1972 bronze)
V . Arthur Griffin, Oklahoma State (A&M) 24 wrestling coach (gold 1948)
Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech 29 long jump (1928 gold)
George Harrison, Stanford 61 4x200 freestyle relay (1960 gold)
Alan Helffrich, Penn State 25 mile relay (1924 gold)
Brian Job, Stanford 73 200 breaststroke (1968 bronze)
George H. Kojac, Rutgers 31 100 backstroke (1928 gold), 4 x 200 free relay (1928 gold)
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State 62 basketball (1960 gold)
Charles McGinnis, W isconsin 27 pole vault (1928 bronze)
John Miller, Yale 24 rowing (1924 gold-eight oars)
Lowell O. North, Cal-Berkeley 71 yatching (1968 gold, 1964 bronze)
John Parker, Stanford 70 water polo (1972 bronze)
Bob Pearce, Oklahoma State 31 wrestling 125-lb. (1932 gold)
Pat Powers, USC 80 volleyball (1984 gold)
Ed Rimkus, St. Lawrence 37 bobsledding (1948 gold)
Murray I. Rose, USC 61 400 freestyle (1956 gold), 1500 free (1956 gold, 1960 silver), 4x200 free relay (1956 gold, 1960 bronze)
Richard Roth, Stanford 69 400 IM (1964 gold)
Harlow Rothert, Stanford 30 shotput (1932 silver)
Gary Sheerer, Stanford 68 water polo (1972 bronze)
John William Smith, Oklahoma State 88 wrestling (1982 and 1988 gold)
Kevin Still, UCLA 82 rowing-coxed pairs (1984 bronze)
William Thompson, Califor nia 51 rowing (1928 gold-eight oars)
Professional Baseball
Eddie Collins, Columbia 1907 Hall of Fame/career .333 hitter
Ethan Allen, Cincinnati 26 Career .300 hitter
Leland (Larry) MacPhail, Beloit 1910 Brooklyn Dodgers Owner/GM; Hall of Fame/Introduced night games
Bill Veeck, Kenyon 36 (Called baseballs great innovator) Hall of Fame/Owner of several franchises
William H. Stoneman, Idaho 66 VP Operations, Montreal Expos/ Pitched first two no-hitters for Expos
Michael J. Schmidt, Ohio 71 Hall of Fame/548 home runs
Professional Golfers
Jim Benepe, Northwestern 86
Dow H. Finsterwald, Ohio 52 (ret.)
Brandt Jobe, UCLA 89
Grier S. Jones, Oklahoma State 68 (ret.)
Scott McCarron, UCLA 89
Larry Romjue, Nebraska 60 (ret.)
Bill Tindall, W ashington 65
Web Wilder , Oklahoma 31 (ret.)
Professional Football
Gary Barnett, Missouri 69 Head Football Coach, Northwestern
Mike Brown, Dartmouth 57 President & GM, Cincinnati Bengals
George S. Buehler Jr ., Stanford 69 Los Angeles Raiders
Ronald W. Coder, Penn State 76 Baltimore Stars
Donald D. Coryell, Washington 47 (ret.) San Diego Chargers Coach
Robert G. Douglass, Kansas 69 Los Angeles Raiders
Keith V. Fahnhorst, Minnesota 74 San Francisco 49ers
Jay Fiedler, Dartmouth 94 Philadelphia Eagles
Mark Jerve, W ashington 82 New York Jets
Jeffrey A. Kemp, Dartmouth 81 Los Angeles Raiders
Ryan Kuehl, V ir ginia 95 San Francisco 49ers
James M. Mandich, Michigan 70 Miami Dolphins
Matt Monger, Oklahoma State 84 New York Jets
August (Gus) Otto, Missouri 65 Oakland Raiders
James M. Schnietz, Texas 73 B.C. Lions
David Shula, Dartmouth 81 Former Head Coach, Cincinnati Bengals
Robert Stein, Minnesota 69 Kansas City Chiefs
Richard R. Volk, Michigan 67 Miami Dolphins
Brian White, Dartmouth 95 New England Patriots
Professional Basketball
Mel Counts, Oregon State 64 Hall of Fame
Gail Goodrich, UCLA 65 (ret.) Los Angeles Lakers
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State 62 Former Basketball Star
David Peterson, W ester n Ontario 64 Chairman, Toronto Raptors, NBA
Jerry Sichting, Purdue 79 Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves
John R. Wooden, Purdue 32 (ret.) UCLA Coach (10 National Titles)
Professional Tennis
Stan R. Smith, USC 69
College/University Officials
College Presidents
Thomas B. Courtice, Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Wesleyan
John W. Moore, Rutgers 61 Indiana State
Steven B. Sample, Illinois 62 Southern California
Former College Presidents
Peter H. Armacost, Denison 57 Echerd College
Paul E. Bragdon, Amherst 50 Reed College
Nicholas L. Henry, Centre 65 Georgia Southern
William H. Capitan, Michigan 54 Georgia Southwestern
John P. Crecine, Carnegie Mellon 61 Georgia Tech
William H. Danfor th, Westminster 48 Washington
James J. Duderstadt, Yale 64 Michigan
Robin Hugh Farquhar, British Columbia 60 Carleton
Nicholas L. Henry, Centre 65 Georgia Southern
Frank N. Ikar d, Texas 34 (dec.) Texas
Allen K. Jackson, Denver 54 Huntington College
William G. Caples, Kenyon 30 Kenyon
Deane W. Malott, Kansas 21 (dec.) Cornell
David T. McLaughlin, Dartmouth 54 Dartmouth College
David G. Marshall, Western Ontario 71 Nipissing University
Franklin D. Murphy, Kansas 36 (dec.) Kansas/UCLA
Fredrick W. Ness, Dickinson 33 Fresno State
Edgar F. Shannon Jr., Washington & Lee 39 (dec.) Virginia
Joel D. Smith, Beloit 55 Denison
Samuel Weese, West Virginia 57 American College
Arts/Entertainment
William Anderson, Whitman 51 (Adam West) Actor Batman
James Arness, Beloit 46 Actor Gunsmoke
James E. Brunzell, Minnesota 71 Professional writer; Killerbees
John W. Considine III, UCLA 57 Actor The Young and the Restless, Another World
James M. DeBlasis, Carnegie Mellon 59 General Director, Cincinnati Opera
Arthur A. Hall, Virginia Tech 90 Sports Artist/Illustrator
H. Richard Hornberger Jr ., Bowdoin 45 Author M*A*S*H
Kermit H. Hunter, Ohio 31 Author, Encyclopedia Britannica
Jeffrey D. Jones, Lawrence 68 Actor Ferris Buellers Day Off, Howard The Duck, Amadeus and Devil s Advocate
Ken E. Kesey, Oregon 57 Author One Flew Over The Cukoo Nest
William (Billy) Moses, Wesleyan 82 Actor Melrose Place
George W. Peppard Jr., Purdue 52 (dec.) Actor A&Es Detective Hour & The A Team
Stephen J. Sondheim, Williams 50 Composer, Broadway Hit West Side Story
Rich Taylor, Oklahoma 71 VP, Walt Disney Entertainment-Walt Disney World
Richard K. Wilson, Washington 78 (Richard Karn) Actor Home Improvement
Other Prominent Betas
Joseph P. Allen IV, DePauw 59 Astronaut/Space Flight Executive
John Robert Ave, DePauw 54 President, Lorillard
Thomas A. Bartlett, Williamette 51 Rhodes Scholar/Chancellor, Univ. of Alabama System
James K. Batten, Davidson 57 (dec.) President, Knight Ridder Newspapers
George F. Baughman, Florida 37 President, The College Foundation
Stephen D. Bechtel Sr., Calif. 23 (dec.) Chairman & CEO, Bechtel Group
Eugene N. Beesley, Wabash 29 Former Chairman of the Board, Eli Lilly & Co.
Thomas M. Begel, Missouri 64 Chairman & CEO, Pullman-Peabody Co.
Charles E. Bennison Jr., Lawrence 65 Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
James D. Berry, Oklahoma 44 (dec.) Chairman, Republic Bank Corp.
Robert M. Best, Ohio Wesleyan 44 Chairman & CEO, Security Mutual Life
William J. Bowerman, Oregon 65 Founder, Nike
Thom Brennaman, Ohio 86 Sports Broadcaster
Fred E. Brown, Oklahoma 34 Chairman & CEO, J & W Seligman & Co.
Kenneth D. Cameron, MIT 71 Space Shuttle Flight Commander
Walter P. Chrysler, Dartmouth 33 (dec.) Philanthropist
James A. Collins, UCLA 49 Chairman & CEO, Collins Food Intl.
William E. Cornelius, Missouri 53 President & CEO, Union Electric Co.
Douglas. S. Cramer, Cincinnati 53 Executive Pr oducer, A. Spelling Productions
Louis P. Dehner, Wash.-St. Louis 62 Dir. of Anatomic Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
David A. Duffield, Cornell 62 President, CEO, Founder PeopleSoft, Inc.
Richard J. Dunell, Minnesota 50 Former Publisher, People Magazine
C. Christopher Epting, Florida 69 Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Iowa
Charles H. Erhart, Y ale 49 Chairman, W.R. Grace Corporation
William T. Esr ey , Denison 61 President & CEO, United Telecom/CEO Sprint Corp.
Gene L. (Red) Estes, Oregon 59 Head Track & Field Coach, Fresno State
William W. Falsgraf, Amherst 55 President, American Bar Association
William H. Fetridge, Nwestern 30 (dec.) Chairman, Dartnell Corporation
Enfield (Flicky) Ford, V anderbilt 50 Former Illustrator , TIME
Chet Forte, Columbia 57 Former TV Director - ABC Monday Night Football
Steve Fox, Dartmouth 70 ABC News Reporter/Special Correspondent
Gerald W. Fronter, Oklahoma 58 President, Republic Bank Corporation
John V. (Jack) Geraghty, Washington 56 Major, City of Spokane, Washington
James A. Greer Jr., DePauw 65 President & CEO, CareNet Systems
Harry R. (Bob) Haldeman, UCLA 48 (dec.) Former President Nixons Chief of Staff
Rober t Hall Haynes, Western Ontario 53 President, Royal Society of Canada
Gavin Herbert Jr. Southern California 55 Founder & CEO Allergan Pharmacueticals
Weldon B. (Hoot) Gibson, W ash. St. 38 Senior Director, Stanford Research Institute
Stephen Goldsmith, Wabash 68 Mayor, Indianapolis
Jeffrey L. Grayson, Oregon 64 Investment Banker
W. Grant Gregory, Nebraska 63 Chairman, Touche Ross & Co.
Richard E. Heckert, Miami 45 Chairman, E.I. Dupont DE Nemours & Co.
Harold S. Hook, Missouri 53 Chairman, American General Corp.
Larry D. Horner, Kansas 56 Board of Directors United Way of America
Charles (Chuck) Howard, Duke 45 ABC Broadcaster
W. Herbert Hunt, W ashington & Lee 51 President, Hunt Energy
Joel Hyatt, Dartmouth 72 Founder, Hyatt Legal Services
Edgar F. Kaiser , Stanfor d 65 Chairman, Bank of British Columbia
Ted D. Keller , Wisconsin 69 Investments/philanthropy
Francis B. Kemp, Davidson 63 (dec.) President, NCNB Corp.
R. Crosby Kemper, Missouri 50 Chairman & CEO, Utd. Missouri Bancshares
J. Robert Killpack, Miami 46 (dec.) Chairman & CEO, National City Corp.
Charles D. Koch, MIT 57 Chairman & CEO, Koch Industries
William Koch, MIT 62 Skipper and Champion Americas Cup
Carl A. Kroch, Cornell 35 For mer Owner, Kr ochs & Brentanos Bookstore
Kenneth L. Lay, Missouri 64 Chairman & President, Enron Corporation
Robert F. Lehman, Indiana 65 President & CEO, Fetzer Institute
John H. Liedtke, Amherst 42 Former CEO/Board Member, Pennzoil Oil Co.
Howard M. Love, Colgate 52 Chairman & CEO, National Steel Corp
Robert H. Malott, Kansas 48 Chairman & CEO, FMC Corp.
Geoffrey S. Mason, Duke 63 Executive Producer, ESPN
Hugh L. McColl Jr., N o r th Car olina 57 CEO, Bank of America
Charles S. Mechem Jr., Miami 52 Chairman, Taft Broadcasting/Commissioner L.P.G.A.
Stephen R. Miller, USC 66 President, Dean Witter Reynolds
Edward P. Morgan, Whitman 32 (dec.) News Commentator
Cruse W. Moss, Ohio 48 Chairman & CEO, General Automotive Corp.
Blake W. Nordstrom, Washington 82 President, Nordstroms, Inc.
Bruce A. Nordstrom, Washington 55 CEO, Nordstroms, Inc.
Erik B. Nordstrom, Washington 85 Co-Chairman, Nordstroms, Inc.
John N. Nordstrom, Washington 58 Co-Chairman, Nordstroms, Inc.
Peter E. Nordstrom, Washington 84 Co-Chairman, Nordstroms, Inc.
Raymond F. OBrien, Missouri 48 Chairman, Consolidated Freightways
Terrence OFlaherty, Califor nia 39 TV Critic, San Francisco Chronicle (ret.)
John Opel, Westminster 48 Former President, IBM
Russell E. Palmer, Michigan State 56 Dean, Wharton School of Business
William Pennington, Cal/Berkeley 45 Co-founder, Circus Circus
Donald E. Petersen, W ashington 46 Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Co. (ret.)
George A. Roberts, Carnegie Mellon 39 Chairman, Teledyne Corporation (ret.)
Jamey Rootes, Clemson 88 GM, Columbus Crew Major League Soccer
Ed Roski Jr., USC 68 Owner, Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team/Realtor
James M. Sellers, Miami 86 President, Wentworth Military Academy
Theodore J. Semrod, Oklahoma 63 Chairman, United Jersey Bank
Charles E. Schroeder, Dartmouth 57 Chairman, Blvd. Bank National Association
Frank A. Shrontz, Idaho 53 Chairman/Emeritus and CEO, The Boeing Corp.
Lee H. Scott, Florida 49 President & CEO, Florida Power
Tom W. Scott Jr., Texas 62 Chairman, Alabama Hospital Assn.
Col. Richard (Misty) Shoop, Denison 41 Composer, alumni volunteer, former Gen. Sec.
Robert M. Snow, Case 59 President & CEO, Infodex, Inc.
Col. Charles R. Stribling III, Missouri 49 President, Missouri Military Academy (ret.)
Harold W. Sweatt, Minnesota 1913 (dec.) Founder, Honeywell
R.L. Thomas, Kenyon 53 President, First National Bank of Chicago
Richard G. Tilghman, Virginia 63 President & CEO, Crestar Bank
G. Robert Truex, Rutgers 49 (dec.) Chairman & CEO, Rainier National Bank
Sam Walton, Missouri 40 (dec.) Founder, Wal-Mart
Paul J. Weitz, Penn State 54 Former astronaut/Space Center Director
Robert M. Weller , Washington 72 Host Entertainment Tonight
Edward Whittemore, Columbia 45 (dec.) Chairman & CEO, American Brands
T.A. Wilson Jr., Iowa State 42 Chairman Emeritus, The Boeing Co.
Alden P. Yates, Stanford 50 (dec.) President Bechtel Group
Phil Yeckel, Missouri 32 (dec.) Owner, Hidden Valley Ranch
