List of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members

Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on March 9, 1856. This is a list of notable members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Academia and educator

• Hurst Robins Anderson – president of Centenary University, Hamline University, and American University
• Paul R. Anderson – president of Chatham University and Temple University
• Milton Eisenhower – president Kansas State University, president Johns Hopkins University
• James M. Farr – president of the University of Florida
• Mike Feinberg – co-founder of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)
• Bruce Grube – president of Georgia Southern University
• Ralph Cooper Hutchinson – president of Washington & Jefferson College
• Richard Kinney—president of Hadley School for the Blind
• Dan Papp – president of Kennesaw State University
• Luis Proenza- president of University of Akron
• Clemmie Spangler – served as president of the University of North Carolina system )(1986–1997)

Business

• Josh Abramson – founder of CollegeHumor, University of Richmond
• Keith Barr - former CEO of Intercontinental Hotels Group, Cornell University
• John F. Barrett – chairman, president and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, University of Cincinnati
• John Bugas – former vice president – Ford Motor Company University of Wyoming
• John T. Chambers – CEO and Chairman of Cisco Systems, Duke University
• Joe Craft – President, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., funded Joe Craft Center Kentucky Basketball Facilities at University of Kentucky, philanthropist
• Cecil B. Day – founder of Days Inn, Georgia Institute of Technology
• John Thompson Dorrance – founder of Campbell's Soup, MIT
• Fred Ehrsam – co-founder of Coinbase, Duke University
• David Einhorn – president, Greenlight Capital, Cornell University
• Scott T. Ford – CEO, Alltel Wireless, University of Arkansas
• Paul L. Foster – president and CEO of Western Refining, Baylor University
• J. B. Fuqua – former businessman and philanthropist. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is named after him
• Bowman Gray Sr. – former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, UNC Chapel Hill
• Josh Harris – co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of several sports teams
• George Watts Hill – banker, hospital administrator, and philanthropist, UNC Chapel Hill
• Paul Tudor Jones – founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation, University of Virginia
• Steve Lacy – president and CEO, Meredith Corporation, Kansas State University
• David S. Lewis – former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech
• Lewis Bergman Maytag (Iowa State, 1910) – Maytag Corporation president
• Aubrey McClendon – co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Duke University
• John Motley Morehead III – Developed foundation of Union Carbide Company, Lifetime philanthropist UNC Chapel Hill
• Doug Oberhelman - former CEO and Executive Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., Millikin University
• William Perez – former CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Nike, Inc., Cornell University
• Ross Perot Jr. – businessman and real estate developer, chairman of Perot Systems, Vanderbilt University
• T. Boone Pickens – chairman, Mesa Petroleum, Oklahoma State University
• Charles Price II – chairman and CEO – Price Candy Company, University of Missouri
• Dan Rapoport – financier and philanthropist, president of Rapoport Capital, University of Houston
• William Spell – founder and current president of Spell Capital Partners, University of Minnesota
• Chris Sullivan, founder Outback Steakhouse, University of Kentucky
• William T. Young – businessman, founder and former CEO of JIF, University of Kentucky

Entertainment

Television and film

• George Bodenheimer – president of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC
• Beau Bridges – actor, UCLA
• Lloyd Bridges – actor, UCLA
• Dave Campbell – ESPN baseball broadcaster, University of Michigan
• Danny Lee Clark – Nitro from the original American Gladiators, San Jose State University
• Sandro Corsaro – producer/TV show creator University of Southern California
• James Denton – actor – Desperate Housewives, University of Tennessee
• Sam Elliott – actor, Cal State L.A.
• Bob Eubanks – television personality, game show host
• Barry Fanaro – screenwriter, The Golden Girls, Kingpin, Mercer University
• Carmen Finestra – television producer and writer (The Cosby Show, Home Improvement), Penn State University
• Ron Franklin – ESPN college football and basketball broadcaster, University of Mississippi
• Gregory Thomas Garcia – creator and producer My Name is Earl, Yes, Dear, Frostburg State University
• Terry Gilliam – film director, member of Monty Python, Occidental College
• Bob Goen – former co-host of Entertainment Tonight, San Diego State University
• Philip Graham – former publisher of the Washington Post and Newsweek, University of Florida
• John Lee Hancock – film director, The Blind Side, Baylor University
• Ernie Harwell – former baseball broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, Emory University
• Ed Hinton – ESPN NASCAR columnist, University of Southern Mississippi
• Chet Huntley – NBC news anchor Montana State University
• Paul James – actor, television show Greek, Syracuse University
• Richard Kind – actor, Spin City, Northwestern University
• Steven Levitan – writer/producer University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Matt Long – actor, Western Kentucky University
• David McKenna – writer/producer of Blow, American History X, San Diego State University
• Ross Porter – former baseball announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, University of Oklahoma
• Pat Robertson – media mogul, televangelist, political commentator Washington and Lee University
• Michael Rosenbaum – actor, Lex Luthor: Smallville, Western Kentucky University
• Hughes Rudd – CBS News anchor, correspondent, University of Missouri
• Ryen Russillo – co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio, University of Vermont
• Fred Savage – actor, known for the Wonder Years, Stanford University
• Grant Shaud – actor on Murphy Brown, University of Richmond
• Mike Song – dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine
• David Spade – actor known for Saturday Night Live, Arizona State University
• Kevin Tighe – actor, University of Southern California
• Casper Van Dien – actor Starship Troopers, Beverly Hills 90210 Florida State University
• Ed Wilson – president of Tribune Broadcasting, former president of Fox Television, NBC Enterprises, and CBS Enterprises, University of Arkansas
• Robert S. Woods – actor One Life to Live Long Beach State University
• Robert Young – Actor – Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, MD Depauw University

Music

• Glen Ballard – veteran songwriter and producer, University of Mississippi
• Dierks Bentley – country music singer University of Vermont
• Jimmy Dunne – songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, University of Kentucky
• Bobby Hatfield – singer, the Righteous Brothers, California State University Long Beach
• Nick Lachey – singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University
• George McConnell – former guitarist for Widespread Panic, University of Mississippi
• Quinn XCII, songwriter and musician, Michigan State University
• Matt Stillwell – country music artist, songwriter Western Carolina University
• Bobby Troup – musician, songwriter University of Pennsylvania
• Rudy Vallée – singer, actor, and entertainer, University of Maine, Yale University
• Christian Talcott Webster (Chris Webby) - independent hip hop artist, Hofstra University

Law

• Bruce Castor – former solicitor general and acting attorney general of Pennsylvania, Lafayette College
• Andrew O. Holmes – Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
• L.Q.C. Lamar – Statesman (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
• Richard Scruggs – Lawyer, University of Mississippi

Literature and journalism

• George Abbe – poet and author, University of New Hampshire
• Sandro Corsaro – author and animator
• Ross M. Dick – journalist at The Milwaukee Journal and fourth president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing
• William Faulkner – Nobel Prize-winning author, University of Mississippi
• John Jakes – author, DePauw University
• James J. Kilpatrick – syndicated newspaper columnist, author, University of Missouri
• Albert Jay Nock – author and social critic
• Walker Percy – author, UNC Chapel Hill
• Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II journalist, Indiana University
• Charles Strum – Associate managing editor for the New York Times, Dickinson College
• Curtis Wilkie - Newspaper reporter, college professor and historian, University of Mississippi
• Stuart Woods – author, University of Georgia

Military

• Charles C. Campbell, USA (Ret.) – US Army general (retired), former FORSCOM commander, Louisiana State University
• Dana T. Merrill – United States Army brigadier general
• Richard Myers – former chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Kansas State University
• Arlo L. Olson – United States Army Captain, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II, University of South Dakota
• Edmund Kirby Smith – general, Confederate States of America, The University of the South
• Seymour W. Terry – United States Army Captain, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, University of Arkansas
• William Peterkin Upshur – United States Marine Corps Major General, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I, Virginia Military Institute

Politics

President

• William McKinley – Twenty-fifth President of the United States (R), Mount Union College

U.S. Senate

• Max Baucus – U.S. Senator from Montana (D), Stanford University
• J.C.W. Beckham – former U.S. Senator from Kentucky (D); youngest Governor of Kentucky; namesake of Beckham County, Oklahoma, Centre College
• Dennis Chavez – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico University of New Mexico
• Jim DeMint – former U.S. Senator from South Carolina (R), University of Tennessee
• Pete Domenici – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico (R), University of New Mexico
• Peter Fitzgerald – former U.S. Senator from Illinois (R), Dartmouth College
• John J. Hickey – former Wyoming governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Wyoming
• Johnny Isakson – U.S. Senator from Georgia (R), University of Georgia
• Connie Mack III – former Florida U.S. Senator (R), University of Florida
• Larry Pressler – former South Dakota U.S. Senator (R), University of South Dakota
• David Pryor – former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Arkansas
• Mark Pryor – U.S. Senator from Arkansas (D), University of Arkansas
• Richard Russell – former US Senator from Georgia University of Georgia
• George Smathers- former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Florida (D), philanthropist, University of Florida

U.S. House of Representatives

• Bill Archer – former U.S. Representative (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, University of Texas at Austin
• Andy Barr – US Representative from Kentucky (R) University of Virginia
• Mike Bishop – US Representative from Michigan (R), former Michigan State Senate Majority Leader (R), University of Michigan
• David E. Bonior – former US Representative from Michigan (D), University of Iowa
• Allen Boyd – former US Representative from Florida (D), Florida State University
• Jay Dickey – Former US Representative from Arkansas (R), University of Arkansas
• David Dreier – US Representative from California (R), University of La Verne
• Thomas W. Ewing – former US Representative from Illinois (R), Millikin University
• Paul Gillmor – former US Representative from Ohio (R), Ohio Wesleyan University
• George Gekas – former US Representative from Pennsylvania (R), Dickinson College
• Hamilton C. Jones – former US Representative from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill
• Adam Kinzinger – US Representative from Illinois (R), Illinois State University
• J. Alex McMillan – former US Representative from North Carolina (R), UNC Chapel Hill
• Gilbert Brown Patterson – former US Congressman from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill
• Ralph Regula – former US Congressman from Ohio (R), Mount Union College
• John Shadegg – former US Congressman from Arizona (R), University of Arizona
• Charles Walter "Charlie" Stenholm – former US Congressman from Texas (D), Texas Tech University
• Brad Wenstrup – current US Congressman from Ohio (R) University of Cincinnati

Governors

• Sherman Adams – former Governor of New Hampshire (R); Representative from New Hampshire's 2nd District; White House Chief of Staff, Dartmouth College
• Haley Barbour – former Governor of Mississippi (R); former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Former White House Aid to President Ronald Reagan (R) University of Mississippi
• Robert D. Blue – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University
• Doug Burgum – former Governor of North Dakota (R); current Secretary of the Department of the Interior, North Dakota State University
• Frank G. Clement - former Governor of Tennessee (D), Cumberland University
• Joe Foss – former South Dakota Governor (R); Medal of Honor recipient; leading USMC ace pilot, 1st Commissioner of the AFL, former NRA President, University of South Dakota
• Albert W. Gilchrist – former Florida Governor (D), Carolina Military Institute
• William L. Guy – former North Dakota Governor (D), North Dakota State University
• Gary Johnson – former Governor of New Mexico (R) and Presidential candidate (L), University of New Mexico
• Paul B. Johnson, Jr. – former Governor of Mississippi (D), University of Mississippi
• John Lynch – former Governor of New Hampshire (D), University of New Hampshire
• Sidney S. McMath – former Governor of Arkansas (D), Marine General & Renowned Trial Lawyer, University of Arkansas
• Robert D. Ray – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University
• Richard Riley – former US Secretary of Education, Former Governor of South Carolina (D), Furman University
• Brian Sandoval – former Governor of Nevada (R), University of Nevada

Other federal

• Todd Blodgett – Member of White House staff (Reagan-Bush) 1985–87. Served on the Bush-Quayle '88 campaign committee. Also worked with the FBI
• Donald Evans – former US Secretary of Commerce, University of Texas at Austin
• Robert E. Lamb – United States Foreign Service, University of Pennsylvania
• Wilson Livingood – Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Michigan State University
• Andrew McCabe – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Duke University
• Eliot Ness – Prohibition agent, University of Chicago
• Henry Paulson – former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, Dartmouth College
• Charles Price II – former Ambassador to the United Kingdom University of Missouri

State politics

• John R. Bell, IV – House Majority Whip, 10th NC House District, North Carolina House of Representatives (R) University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Kenneth Schissler – former Maryland State Delegate (R), Salisbury State University
• Mark Taylor – former Georgia State Senator representing the 12th District, Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Emory University
• Louis R. Tobacco – New York State Assemblyman representing Staten Island's 62nd District (R), University at Albany
• Guy Vander Linden – a member of the Iowa Legislature and former brigadier general, US Marines, University of Iowa

Local politics

• Ivan Allen Jr. – former mayor of Atlanta (D), Georgia Tech
• Michael Geppi – former Harford County Councilman (R), Towson University
• Joe Hogsett – Current mayor of Indianapolis (D), Indiana University
• Carl T. Langford – former mayor of Orlando (D), University of Florida
• Svante Myrick – former mayor of Ithaca, New York (D), Cornell University
• Jerry Sanders – former mayor of San Diego (R), San Diego State University
• James R. Williams – Selectman, Belmont, MA, Indiana University

Other politics

• George Gallup – creator of Gallup Poll, University of Iowa

Science

• Robert Ballard – oceanographer, explorer, discovered the wreckage of the in 1985, in 1989, and the Roman trading ship Isis, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Steve Fossett – aviator and adventurer, Stanford University
• Robert H. Goddard – father of modern controlled rocketry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Eldon W. Joersz – American pilot, who jointly holds the Flight airspeed record, North Dakota State University
• William B. Lenoir – NASA astronaut, MIT
• John Motley Morehead III – noted chemist, work led to notable business success in Union Carbide Company UNC Chapel Hill
• William Oefelein – NASA astronaut, Oregon State University
• Leslie Vaughn Rush – a surgeon who revolutionized the treatment of bone fractures
• Joseph Strauss – Engineer and designer of the Golden Gate Bridge, University of Cincinnati

Sports

Baseball

• Harry Agganis – Boston University football All American, Boston Red Sox 1B, "The Golden Greek", Boston University
• Scott Boras – pro baseball agent, University of the Pacific
• Avery Brundage – Olympics, pentathlon, decathlon, International Olympic Committee, president, 1936–1972, University of Illinois
• Ken Caminiti – professional baseball player, San Jose State University
• Jason Castro – #10 Pick in 2008 MLB Draft Stanford UniversityHouston Astros
• Scott Forster – Montreal Expos pitcher, James Madison University
• David Freese – St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, University of Missouri
• John Gall – Florida Marlins minor league outfielder Stanford University
• Ryan Garko – San Francisco Giants first baseman, Stanford University
• Mike Gosling – Toronto Blue Jays minor league pitcher, Stanford University
• Joey Hamilton – San Diego Padres pitcher, Georgia Southern University
• Mike Hubbard – Chicago Cubs catcher, James Madison University
• Mark Lamping – president of the St. Louis Cardinals and CEO of the Meadowlands Stadium Company, Rockhurst University
• Doc Marshall – New York Giants infielder, University of Mississippi
• Kevin McClatchy – CEO and majority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Graig Nettles – Major League Baseball player, San Diego State University
• Greg Reynolds – Colorado Rockies pitcher, Stanford University
• Clint Robinson – Pittsburgh Pirates Major League first baseman Troy University
• Walt Terrell – professional baseball player, Morehead State University

Basketball

• Terry Dischinger – professional basketball player, Purdue University, Chicago Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets, Detroit Pistons
• Mike Gminski – professional basketball player, Duke University
• Kevin Grevey – professional basketball player, University of Kentucky
• Jud Heathcote – former Michigan State University Basketball Coach, Washington State University
• Phil Jackson – professional basketball coach, University of North Dakota
• "Pistol Pete" Maravich – professional basketball player, Louisiana State University
• Gregg Marshall – former coach, Wichita State University
• Jon McGlocklin – professional basketball player, Indiana University, Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
• Jack Twyman – professional basketball player, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Royals
• Dick Van Arsdale – professional basketball player, Indiana University, New York Knickerbockers, Phoenix Suns
• Tom Van Arsdale – professional basketball player, Indiana University, Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns

Football (American)

• Troy Aikman – Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl MVP Quarterback and Hall of Famer, UCLA
• Chris Ault – University of Nevada-Reno football coach, University of Nevada
• Bradford Banta – professional football player, USC, 1993
• Bob Biggs – football player and coach, UC Davis, 1993
• John Billman – football player, AAFC, University of Minnesota
• Tony Boselli – professional football player, University of Southern California
• Doug Brien – former NFL place-kicker, University of California, Berkeley
• Mack Brown – University of Texas at Austin football coach, Florida State University
• Pete Carroll – Seattle Seahawks football coach, University of the Pacific
• Terry Cole – football player, Indiana University, Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins
• Kyle Cook – former NFL center for Cincinnati Bengals, Michigan State University
• Doug Dickey – football coach at University of Tennessee and University of Florida
• Paul Dietzel – football coach at Louisiana State University, Miami University
• Bill Dudley – NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins, University of Virginia
• Francis A. "Mother" Dunn, Former halfback for the Canton Bulldogs, Dickinson College
• Dennis Erickson – football coach, Montana State University
• Josh Harris - Majority Owner, Washington Commanders - University of Pennsylvania
• Hunter Henry- tight end of New England Patriots, University of Arkansas Mackey Award Winner
• Kevin Hogan – quarterback of Kansas City Chiefs, Stanford University
• Link Lyman – Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle, Super Bowl champion, University of Nebraska
• Tom Mack – Pro Football Hall of Fame Offensive Guard, University of Michigan
• Tommy Mason – football player, Tulane University, Minnesota Vikings
• Christian McCaffrey – Heisman Trophy finalist running back, Stanford University, running back San Francisco 49ers
• Ed McCaffrey – Professional football player, Stanford University
• Greg McElroy – University of Alabama QB 2009 National Champions, NFL QB for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Davis Mills – Professional football player, Stanford University
• Tom Moore – Assistant Head Coach/Offense, Arizona Cardinals, University of Iowa
• Don Nehlen – former head football coach at West Virginia University, Bowling Green State University
• John Offerdahl – former NFL linebacker, Western Michigan University
• Carson Palmer – quarterback of Arizona Cardinals, University of Southern California
• Todd Peterson – former NFL place-kicker, University of Georgia
• Matt Prater – NFL Kicker for the Detroit Lions, University of Central Florida
• Peter Pund – Captain and Center for the 1928 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Josh Rosen – Free agent NFL quarterback most recently for Cleveland Browns former quarterback of University of California, Los Angeles
• Bo Schembechler – former University of Michigan football coach, Miami University
• Adam Seward – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Kirby Smart – University of Georgia football head coach, University of Georgia
• Dennis K. "Dutch" Stanley – Football coach at University of Florida
• Drew Stanton – Arizona Cardinals quarterback and former Detroit Lions quarterback, Michigan State University
• Everett Strupper – College Football Hall of Fame halfback, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Barry Switzer – former football coach University of Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys, University of Oklahoma, honorary
• Fran Tarkenton- quarterback of Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, University of Georgia
• Denny Thum – president of the Kansas City Chiefs Rockhurst University
• David Treadwell – former NFL kicker, Clemson University
• DeMarcus Walker – Defensive End, Chicago Bears, Florida State University
• Lloyd Yoder – College Football Hall of Fame tackle, Carnegie Mellon University

Golf

• Andy Bean – golf announcer, player on the PGA Champions Tour, University of Florida
• Bob Gilder – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
• Bobby Jones – famous amateur golfer/lawyer, founder of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, Georgia Tech
• Gary Koch – golfer, sportscaster, course designer, University of Florida
• Steve Melnyk – golfer, University of Florida
• Bob Murphy – golfer, long-time sports announcer, NCAA Golf individual champion, US Amateur champion, University of Florida
• Tom Purtzer – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University

Soccer

• Femi Hollinger-Janzen – soccer forward for New England Revolution, Indiana University
• Chris Pontius – soccer forward for D.C. United, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tennis

• Bob Bryan – tennis player, Stanford University
• Mike Bryan – tennis player, Stanford University
• Bradley Klahn – tennis player, Stanford University
• Patrick McEnroe – tennis professional, Stanford University

Other sports

• Bob Baffert – Triple Crown winning trainer, University of Arizona
• Andy Douglas – professional wrestler, Morehead State University
• Joey Gilbert – professional boxer, University of Nevada
• Jimmie Heuga – first American Olympic skier to medal University of Colorado at Boulder
• Charles Jock – middle-distance runner, University of California, Irvine
• Ron Mason – former college hockey coach and current athletics director at Michigan State University
• Wally Ris – two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, University of Iowa
• Dave Shondell – head volleyball coach at Purdue University, Ball State

References

External links

• Official SAE Website