- Source: List of Alpha Tau Omega members
Alpha Tau Omega is an American social fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1865. Following is a list of Alpha Tau Omega members who have achieved notability.
Academia
Karl Compton: President of MIT
John Garland James (VMI): 2nd president of Texas A&M University(1879-1883), president of Texas Military Institute(1868-1879)
Hardaway Hunt Dinwiddie (VMI): 4th president of Texas A&M University(1883-1887)
Frank Hereford: former president of the University of Virginia
Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967) and President of the University of Florida (1967-1973)
Santa J. Ono: 28th president of University of Cincinnati and 15th president of University of Michigan
Blake R. Van Leer: fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology, founder of Southern Polytechnic State University, former dean of University of Florida and North Carolina State University
Business
David Bohnett (USC): technology entrepreneur; co-founder of GeoCities
Paul Brown (Georgia Tech); CEO of Arby's
Walt Ehmer: (Georgia Tech): CEO of Waffle House
Frank Fahrenkopf (Nevada-Reno 1959): president and CEO of the American Gaming Association
Harold Allen Fernald (University of Maine 1954); Vice President CBS (retired)
Frank Fertitta III (USC 1981): CEO of Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada; owns Ultimate Fighting Championship
Gerald J. Ford (Southern Methodist 1966): CEO of Golden State Bancorp
Richard S. Fuld Jr. (Colorado 1969) CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings
Richard C. Green (Southern Methodist 1976: CEO of Aquila Corporation
Matthew J. Hart (Vanderbilt University 1974 former president, COO, and CFO of Hilton Hotels
James P. Hoffa (Michigan State 1963): president of Teamsters Union; Jimmy Hoffa's son
J. Erik Jonsson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute): founder of Texas Instruments
Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. (University of Georgia): president of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp.
Billy Joe "Red" McCombs (University of Texas): former owner of Minnesota Vikings; namesake of McCombs School of Business
Gregory R. Page (University of North Dakota): president and CEO of Cargill, Inc.
Lewis E. Platt (Cornell 1965): former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Bernard Ramsey (University of Georgia): executive with Merrill Lynch and philanthropist
Christopher A. Sinclair (University of Kansas 1971): CEO of Mattel
Elton B. Stephens (Birmingham-Southern): founder of EBSCO Industries
James E. Thompson (San Jose State University): founder, chairman, and CEO of the Crown Worldwide Group
Edward Magruder Tutwiler (VMI 1865): President Tutwiler Coal, Coke & Pig Iron Co., Birmingham, Al.
John A. Young (Oregon State University 1953): former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Entertainment
John Besh: celebrity chef
Anthony Michael Brooks: world champion Rubik's Cube solver
Loring Buzzell: music publisher and record label executive
Dana Elcar: film and TV actor best known for his supporting role on MacGyver
Hunter Ellis: reality TV star; host of History Channel's Tactical to Practical
Rob Estes: actor known for Melrose Place, Silk Stalkings, and 90210
Guy Fieri (Nevada-Las Vegas): Food Network star; host of Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives
Brad Fiorenza: MTV's The Real World: San Diego cast member
Christopher Fitzgerald: Broadway and film actor
Bob Guiney: Bob the Bachelor from The Bachelor 4
Andrew Haug: radio announcer; drummer for Contrive
Jack Ingram: country music performer
Anthony Jeselnik: standup-comedian, writer, and actor
Greg Kinnear: Talk Soup host; 1998 Academy Award nominee
Bert Kreischer: stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host; known as "The Machine"
Art Linkletter: television personality; author, Kids Say The Darndest Things
Elmer Lower: former president of ABC News
Frank Marshall: film producer and director; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment
Garry Marshall: film director, television producer (Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley
Forrest Sawyer: ABC News, Nightline
Adam Schroeder: Warner Brothers and FOX New Regency movie producer; Chronicle, The Truman Show, Clueless
Elliot Segal: radio DJ and host of Elliot in the Morning
Grant Show: actor known for Melrose Place
Stryker: radio DJ and co-host of the radio show Loveline
Reynolds Wolf: CNN meteorologist
Law
Richard H. Bryan: former Nevada Attorney General, former US Senator and Nevada Governor
Stephen H. Grimes (University of Florida): Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): U. S. District Attorney, Maryland Senator, Mayor Baltimore
Procter Ralph Hug Jr. (Nevada-Reno): Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Willis B. Hunt Jr. (Emory University): Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Robert Page Waller Morris United States representative from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967) and President of the University of Florida (1967-1973)
William J. Raggio: Nevada State Senator; former D.A. of Washoe County in Nevada (1958–1970)
Erskine Mayo Ross (VMI 1865): attorney and Judge of the U. S. Circuit Court California
Jim Santini: US Congressman, State of Nevada; former Nevada district court judge
James C. Smith (Florida State University) former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State
William L. Summers: criminal defense lawyer; past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; notable cases include Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision and New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
Michael Waddington: court-martial defense lawyer; notable cases include Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal, the Iron Triangle murder case (William B. Hunsaker), the Maywand District killings, and the Mahmudiyah killings
Literature and journalism
*Shelby Foote: novelist and Civil War historian
Cork Graham: novelist and combat photographerFounders
Jon Meacham: editor of Newsweek; bestselling author; commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America
Tennessee Williams: Pulitzer Prize winner for A Streetcar Named Desire
Military
Frank Bowman (Duke University): Admiral, USN (retired); former Chief of Naval Personnel and director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Robert Page Waller Morris (VMI 1869): 1st Commandant of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets (1876-1877) and designer of 1st TAMU cadet regulations and uniform.
George S. Rentz (Gettysburg College): Chaplain, CDR, USN; recipient of the Navy Cross
Holland Smith (Auburn University): General, USMC; the "father" of modern US amphibious warfare
Charles F. Wald (North Dakota State): General, USAF (retired); EUCOM Deputy Commander 2002-2006
Politics
Lee Atwater: Chair of the Republican National Committee
Birch Bayh (Purdue): US Senator from Indiana
Richard H. Bryan (Nevada-Reno): former US Senator and Nevada Governor
C. Farris Bryant (University of Florida): Governor of Florida 1961-1965
George C. Butte: jurist and Texas politician
Alberto "Al" Cardenas (Florida Atlantic University) political lobbyist
Lawton Chiles (University of Florida)US Senator; Governor of Florida 1991-1998
Nathan Deal (Mercer University): Governor of Georgia
Andrew Durham (University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky) Head of NASA Communications; President of Nigeria
James Eastland: US Senator from 1942-1979; Senate Pro Tempore, 1972–1979
Frank Fahrenkopf: Chair of the Republican National Committee; president and CEO of the American Gaming Association
Sam Gibbons: Congressman
Matt Griffin (Nevada-Reno): Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
Edward J. Gurney: US Senator, Florida
Lee H. Hamilton: US Congressman, Indiana
Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): U. S. District Attorney, Maryland Senator, Mayor Baltimore
Spessard Holland (University of Florida): US Senator; Governor of Florida
Roy M. Huffington: Ambassador to Austria, 1990–93
Harry A. Johnston: US Congressman, Florida
Robert H. Johnson (University of Wyoming): state senator from Rock Springs, Wyoming
Kurt Kelly (Florida State University): State Representative dist. 24 Florida
Jack Kemp: 1996 candidate for US Vice President; former US Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Kindness (University of Maryland, College Park): US Congressman, Ohio
Clarence D. Long: US Representative, 1963-1985
Mike Mansfield: US Senate Majority Leader, 1961-1977
Mel Martinez: US Senator, Florida
Larry McDonald: Georgia Congressman; killed on Korean Air Flight 007
Harry Mitchell: US Congressman, Arizona
Robert Page Waller Morris United States representative from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
John E. Porter: Congressman, Illinois
William J. Raggio (Nevada-Reno): Nevada State Senator
Jim Santini (Nevada-Reno): US Congressman, Nevada
Grant Sawyer (Nevada-Reno): Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967
Eric Simons: Jackson Township trustee
Alan K. Simpson: US Senator, Wyoming
Charles H. Smelser ( University of Maryland, College Park): former Maryland State Senator
James C. Smith (Florida State University) former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State
J. Christopher Stevens: former US Ambassador to Libya (June - September 2012); killed in the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi
James Stockdale: 1992 Independent vice-presidential nominee
John S. Tanner (University of Tennessee): US Congressman from Tennessee
Religion
Hazen Graff Werner (Albion College) bishop in the United Methodist Church from 1948 to 1968
Science
Vannevar Bush: physicist; WWII advisor; architect of modern government science policy
Sonny Carter (Alpha Theta): NASA astronaut
Arthur Holly Compton: physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Charles Duke: NASA astronaut
Ferid Murad: physician and pharmacologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998
Robet F. Overmyer (Baldwin Wallace University): NASA astronaut
Edwin Blake Payson: Botanist
Garrett Reisman (University of Pennsylvania): NASA astronaut
David Wolf (Purdue University): NASA astronaut
Sports
John Ayers: NFL football player, 1977–1987
Dom Capers: defensive coordinator, Green Bay Packers; former NFL head coach
Chris Capuano: MLB pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Bud Collins: tennis announcer, author
Cris Collinsworth: former NFL wide receiver, sports anchor
Lee Corso: sports commentator, football coach
Len Dawson: NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl IV MVP, sports anchor
Paul Dee: former University of Miami athletics director
Ted DiBiase: "The Million Dollar Man"; former WWF wrestler
Terry Funk: pro wrestler
Mike Droese: "Duke The Dumpster"; former WWE wrestler
Joe Girardi: New York Yankees former manager and catcher; former Florida Marlins manager
Steve Gleason: NFL football player, 2000-2008
Lucas Glover (Clemson University): PGA Tour golfer; winner of the 2009 US Open
Curt Gowdy: sports broadcaster for five decades; seven Super Bowls and 14 World Series
Lou Groza: NFL Hall of Famer
Joe B. Hall: former head basketball coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats who were the 1978 National Champions
Bill Ireland (Nevada-Reno): University of Nevada; Las Vegas Baseball Coach 1960-1967; UNLV's first athletic director; the "father of UNLV athletics"
Keith Jackson: sports commentator, ABC
Tommy John (Indiana State University): Major League Baseball pitcher; four-time All-Star team; initiated in 1964
Ed Jucker: former head coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team; coached the team to two national championships in the 1960–61 and 1961-62 seasons
Ernie Koy Jr.: Texas Longhorns, 1963 National Champions; Pro Bowl running back for New York Giants
Magnum T. A.: "Terry Allen"; Former WWF pro wrestler
Joel McNulty: All Time Big Ten Conference men's track and field winner; two record-setting and one other win, 1952-1953
Derek Miles, pole vaulter
Curt Miller: head coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun
Jim Mora: former head coach of the New Orleans Saints
Victor Oladipo: NCAA 1st Team All-American for the Indiana Hoosiers
Rob Pannell: all-time NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse scoring leader at Cornell University
Roger Reina: former UPenn wrestling coach
Brandon Slay: gold medalist at Sydney Olympics in wrestling
Steve Spurrier: head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks; Heisman Trophy winner 1966 at University of Florida; former Florida head coach; 1996 National Championship
Brad Stevens (DePauw University): head coach of the Boston Celtics; former head coach of Butler Bulldogs basketball team
Jason Szuminski: MLB baseball player (San Diego Padres) - 1st major league athlete drafted from MIT
Robby Thompson: second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, 1986-1996; winner of the Willie Mac Award in 1991
Jim Tressel: former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes who were the2002 National Champions
Matt Valenti: two-time NCAA national champion wrestler
Chandler Worthy: WR for the Houston Texans, 2015–present
Jack Youngblood: NFL Hall of Fame
Robert Jackson (1972 initiate): offensive guard, Cleveland Browns, 1975-1985
Fictional members
Bugs Bunny: animated Warner Brothers character; initiated in 1947 at University of Kentucky; Warner Bros endorses Bugs as an actual member
References
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- List of Alpha Tau Omega members
- Alpha Tau Omega
- List of Alpha Chi Omega members
- List of Alpha Tau Omega chapters
- List of Alpha Kappa Alpha chapters
- Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines)
- List of Zeta Tau Alpha members
- List of Alpha Phi Omega members
- Alpha Phi Omega
- List of Alpha Phi Alpha chapters
