Distinguished Alumni of Theta Chi Fraternity

Armed Services

*General John M. Shalikashvili, Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander, Commander-in-Chief United States Military (Retired)
*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 William Tecumseh Sherman, General of the Union Army, Civil War (Honorary Membership)
*Brigadier General Edward Bancroft Williston, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War
*Captain James M. Burt, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Recipient, WWII

Arts and Entertainment

*Steven Spielberg, Movie Producer, Writer & Academy Award winning Director
*Charles Addams, Cartoonist for "New Yorker" Magazine & creator of "The Addams Family"
*Rob Corddry, Screen Actor and "Senior Correspondent" on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
*Sammy Kaye, Big Bandleader and Songwriter
*Willard Waterman, TV & Screen Actor, Starred on "The Great Gildersleeve" radio series
*Edgar Buchanan, Actor, Starred on "Petticoat Junction" TV series
*Valentino Moreno, Actor, appeared as "Juan", Ricky Martin's son, in "General Hospital". Also appeared on "ER" & "The Tracey Ullman Show", current member of Delta Psi chapter.
*Brodie Greer, Television Actor, Starred as Officer Barry Baricza on "CHiPs" TV Series
*Francis H. Striker, Writer, Co-Creator of the "Lone Ranger" and the "Green Hornet"
*Jahkeim Cromedy, Actor, appears in upcoming films Gardens of the Night and Jelly."
*John Palyok, Contestant on the reality TV show and actor
*James E. Perkins, Former President, Paramount International Pictures, Inc.
*Phil Vassar, Country Music Star
*Edward Andrews, Actor, appeared in over 50 films including "Sixteen Candles" and "Gremlins"
*Joel McHale, Talk show host for "The Soup" on the E! network.
*Dan Resin, Dr. Beeper in the movie Caddyshack.
*Jeff Ruby, Country music star.
*Matt Austin, Actor, Date Move
*Scott Ialacci aka DJ Skribble, DJ and music producer
*Bill Germanakos, Reality TV star, winner of "The Biggest Loser", Season 4
*John Weidenaar, Actor, Showtime series Queer as Folk Season 3

Business and Industry

*James A. Laudermilch, Compliance Manager
**Dale Slavinksky, Prominent Homosexual
*Robert E. Eberly, Penn State benefactor
*Lee Iacocca, Former Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation
*J. William Grimes, Former President and CEO, ESPN
*Alfred Lynch, Former CEO and International President, JC Penney Co., Author
*Crawford H. Greenewalt, Former CEO of DuPont, worked on the "Manhattan Project"
*Harry Mullikin, Former Chairman, Westin Hotels & Resorts
*John Kapioltas, Former Chairman, President, Director and CEO, Sheraton Hotels
*William K. Howell, Former President and CEO, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee
*Robert Krasa, Former President and CEO of Dow Corning, Former CEO of Haworth Inc.
*Anthony L. Politano, Chief Performance Officer for Niteo Partners, Author of the book, "Chief Performance Officer"
*Samuel DiPiazza, Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers
*Bruce Perttunen, Founder, BidCorp.com
*David R. Goode, Retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation
*Robert T. Brady, CEO of Moog Inc
*Walter F. Williams, Retired CEO of Bethlehem Steel Corporation
*Robert W. Best, CEO of Atmos Energy, a Fortune 500 company
*John A. Thompson, Former Excutive Vice Chairman of KPMG and current Board Member of Equinox Partners.
*Thomas S. Wu, Chairman of United Commercial Bank.
*Stuart Bewley, Founder California Coolers.
*Dan Mills, Project Coordinator Momentum Worldwide

Education

*William J. Taverner, Author and Editor of sexuality texts, including American Journal of Sexuality Education [http://ajse.haworthpress.com]
*William Durden, president of Dickinson College
*Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia University

Politics and Government

*Robert Cupp of the Ohio State Supreme Court
*Ronald Ortega, Former Research Assistant for the Virginia State Supreme Court Criminal Sentencing Commission.
*Dennis Cardoza, Current U.S. Representative for 18th District of California
*Warren Magnuson, Former US Senator
*Carl T. Curtis, Former US Senator and Representative
*Ralph G. Brooks, Former Governor of Nebraska
*Theodore Christianson, Former Governor of Minnesota
*Jacob A. Preus, Former Governor of Minnesota
*Ernest W. Gibson, Former US Senator, Governor of Vermont, Alumnus of Norwich University
*Henry Schricker, Former Governor of Indiana
*Randall L. 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
*Harry Hughes, Former Governor of Maryland
*Rod R. Blagojevich, Current Governor of Illinois
*Budd Dwyer, Former Pennsylvania State Treasurer, famous for committing suicide on national television.
*Randy Randall, Mayor of Clinton, SC
*Allan Bense, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
*Eugene J. Keogh, Former US Representative, Author of Keogh Plan
*Christopher E. Dorworth, Current Florida Representative for 34th District of Florida
*Ronald H. Bell, Current Mysch-Hurst Hall Council President, President-Elect for Palmer Davidson

Journalism

*Harry Reasoner, Former news anchor of ABC & CBS, Editor of "60 Minutes"
* [http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/alumni/dsa/kubly.html Herbert Kubly] , Journalist and playwright
*Michael J. Shaara, Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel "The Killer Angels" which served as the basis for the movie "Gettysburg"
*Paul Zimmerman, Sports Editor of the "Los Angeles Times"
*Jay Ingram, "Toronto Star" Journalist, Author, TV Host of several Discovery Channel Canada programs, including "Daily Planet"
*Bob Woodruff, Former co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" (recuperating from wounds sustained while on assignment in Iraq in January 2006)
*Radley Balko, Senior Editor, "Reason Magazine"
*Justin Breen, Sports Editor, "Times of Northwest Indiana"
*Sean McManus, President of CBS News and CBS Sports

Research and Space

*Dr. Donald E. Knuth, Computer Scientist and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
*Dr. Owen Chamberlain, Former Professor of Physics, joined "Manhattan Project" 1942-1946, Winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics
*Dr. Edward G. Gibson, Former NASA Astronaut, spent 84 days aboard Skylab
*Dr. Daniel T. Barry, Former NASA Mission Specialist aboard 3 Space Shuttle mission. Also appeared on the TV show .

Athletics

*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)
*Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Former Head Football Coach Auburn University, 1957 NCAA Champions
*Brian Cardinal, Former Purdue basketball player, Currently in the NBA playing for the Memphis Grizzlies
*Vern Mikkelsen, Former basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers & in the Basketball Hall of Fame
*Tunch A. Ilkin, Former NFL athlete and voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers
*Scott "Raven" Levy, Professional Wrestler
*Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Professional Wrestler, Actor, Reality TV star
*Jim Parque, Former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
*Ernest William Accorsi, Jr., Former General Manager of NY Giants, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts
*Bill "Tosh" Tosheff, First NBA co-rookie of the year (1951-52), played for the Indianapolis Olympians & Milwaukee Hawks
*Tom Haller, Former MLB catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers
*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
*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
*John Matuszak, Former NFL player, number one draft pick of 1973. Also known for his role as "Sloth" from the movie Goonies
*Dick Fosbury, 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the high jump and creator of the Fosbury Flop
*Ron Fraser, 2nd Winningest coach in college baseball; led Team USA to a Gold Medal on the 1992 Summer Olympics
*Ernie Conwell, Professional football player, New Orleans Saints
*Glen "Turk" Edwards, Professional Football Hall of Fame inductee
*George O'Leary, Head Football Coach, University of Central Florida
*Joshua McKim, Professional Golfer and Winner of the South Atlantic Pro Am

*John Butler, Twice MVP of SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) Mudbowl (Oakland University)

ee also

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