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Armed Services
- Captain James M. Burt, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Recipient, WWII
- Colonel Charles Ross Greening, flew in Gen. James Doolittle’s first air raid on Tokyo in WWII
- Major Harold Watson, also flew in Doolittle Raid in WWII
- General John M. Shalikashvili, Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander, Commander-in-Chief United States Military (Retired)
- General William Tecumseh Sherman, General of the Union Army, Civil War (Honorary Membership)
- Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort, led American airborne landings in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden in WWII
- Captain Harl Pease, Jr., Army Air Corps Medal of Honor awarded posthumously on December 2, 1942, and Pease AFB named in honor of him.
- Brigadier General Edward Bancroft Williston, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War
- Glenn Rosenburger, US Marine Corp, Marine One Pilot
- Lieutenant General, H.P. (Pete) Osman, USMC, Responsible for Toys For Tots on the Eastern Seaboard
- Vice Admiral George Raymond Henderson, USN, a World War II-era officer
- Lieutenant John Marx, USAF, Principal designer of SkyNet
Arts and entertainment
- Steven Spielberg, Movie Producer, Writer & Academy Award winning Director
- Charles Addams, Cartoonist for New Yorker Magazine & creator of The Addams Family
- Edward Andrews, Actor, appeared in over 50 films including Sixteen Candles and Gremlins
- Matt Austin, Actor, Date Movie
- Steve Buckingham, Grammy Award winning music producer
- Edgar Buchanan, Actor, Starred on Petticoat Junction TV series
- Rob Corddry, Screen Actor and "Senior Correspondent" on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Sammy Kaye, Big Bandleader and Songwriter
- Dan Resin, Dr. Beeper in the movie Caddyshack.
- Martin Rubeo, Musician and founding member of alternative rock band, Gramsci Melodic
- Francis H. Striker, Writer, Co-Creator of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet
- Phil Vassar, Country Music Star
- Evan Wecksell, Comedian (VH1, E!, Comedy Central)
- Skip Sher,Radio Host (WRVQ-Richmond, WNVZ-Norfolk, WSMW-Greensboro)
- J.P. Godsey, Radio Host, Virginia Beach, VA
- Dr. Tait J. Martin, Emmy Winner and CEO of The iNSiGHT Cooperative
- John Matuszak, who portrayed "Sloth" in Richard Donner's "Goonies"
- Joel McHale, actor
Business and Industry
- Samuel DiPiazza, Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Robert E. Eberly, Penn State benefactor
- David R. Goode, Retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation
- Forrest Cerrato, Real Estate Developer, Barry Swenson Builder
- Crawford H. Greenewalt, Former CEO of DuPont, worked on the "Manhattan Project"
- Lee Iacocca, Former Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation, Beta Sigma Chapter
- James M. Barrow, Assistant Vice President- Insurance, PNC Mortgage
- Kristian Gaudet, President & CEO of Kris Gaudet Financial Services
- Tony Hulman Sr., Former CEO of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and other endeavors (honorary member)
Education
- Matthew K. Burnquist, Rhodes Scholar and research professor at Atlantic Union College
- Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia University
- William Durden, president of Dickinson College
- Richard Benson, Fulbright Scholarship recipient
- James Cantwell Pope, notable alumni of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business
- William J. Taverner, Sexologist, author and editor of sexuality texts, including the American Journal of Sexuality Education
- Robert A. Weygand, 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
Politics and government
- Ralph Brooks, former governor of Nebraska
- Dennis Cardoza, current U.S. Representative for 18th District of California
- Theodore Christianson, former governor of Minnesota
- Robert Cupp of the Ohio State Supreme Court
- Carl Curtis, former US Senator and Representative of Nebraska
- Christopher Dorworth, current Florida Representative for 34th District of Florida
- Budd Dwyer, former Pennsylvania State Treasurer
- Ernest W. Gibson, former US Senator, governor of Vermont
- Harry Hughes, former governor of Maryland
- Eugene Keogh, Former US Representative, Author of Keogh Plan
- Warren Magnuson, former US Senator
- Jacob A. Preus, former governor of Minnesota
- David R. Stras, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
- Randall Tobias, 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, former governor of Florida, TAU Chapter
Journalism
- Radley Balko, Senior Editor, Reason Magazine
- Mike Greenberg, Co-host of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning
- Jay Ingram, 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
- Owen Chamberlain, Former Professor of Physics, joined "Manhattan Project" 1942-1946, Winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Edward G. Gibson, Former NASA Astronaut, spent 84 days aboard Skylab
- Donald E. Knuth, Computer Scientist and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
- Daniel T. Barry, Former NASA Mission Specialist aboard 3 Space Shuttle missions. Also appeared on the TV show Survivor: Panama.
Athletics
- Turk Edwards, Former NFL player (Alpha Omicron)
- Tunch Ilkin, Former NFL athlete and voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Brian Cardinal, Former Purdue basketball player, Currently in the NBA playing for the Dallas Mavericks
- Ernie Conwell, Professional football player, New Orleans Saints
- Dick Fosbury, 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the high jump and creator of the Fosbury Flop
- Robert "Lefty" Grove, 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, Former MLB catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers
- Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Former Head Football Coach Auburn University, 1957 NCAA Champions
- Scott "Raven" Levy, Professional Wrestler, Actor, Writer
- Vern Mikkelsen, Former basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers & in the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Professional Wrestler, Actor, Reality TV star
- Mark Murphy, 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
- Jim Parque, Former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Matt Patricia, Linebackers Coach for the New England Patriots
- Alan K. "Al" Saunders,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
- Manny Diaz, Defensive coordinator for the University of Texas
- Carmelo Anthony, NBA, Small Forward for New York Knicks (Alpha Chi)
See also
References
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