List of Pi Kappa Phi alumni

The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has initiated over 100,000 members since it was founded in 1904. Among these initiates, are a number of notable alumni that have been involved in politics, business, athletics, science, and entertainment.^[1][2]

Business

The Ben Hill Griffin Stadium of the University of Florida Gators. Named after Ben Griffin, of the Alpha Epsilon chapter.

Name	Chapter	Notability
Gary Parr	Kappa	Vice Chairman of Lazard Serves on Board of Directors of New York Philharmonic Awarded distinguished alumnus award award from the University of North Carolina Established the Parr Center for ethics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Serves on the Board of the Kenan-Flagler Business School
Andrew james	Delta	Deputy Chairman of Lazard Frères During the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008, he became one of the most sought after advisors to financial services CEOs Advised Greece on debt restructuring during the European sovereign-debt crisis
Dick Bartlett	Alpha Epsilon	Member of The World Economic Forum Vice-chairman of Mary Kay
Glen Porter Brock	Upsilon	Former President and Chairman of the Illinois Central Railroad
Dennis Cakebread	Gamma	Owner and Director-of-sales of Cakebread Cellars
Michael Kao	Gamma	Founder and CEO of Akanthos Capital Management
Eugene Cartledge	Omicron	Former Chairman of Union Camp Corporation
Joe Forehand	Alpha Iota	Former Chairman and CEO of the global management consulting firm Accenture
Ben Hill Griffin	Alpha Epsilon	Citrus business magnate and founder of Ben Hill Griffin Inc. Ranked 261st in the Forbes 400 in 1989 (the year before his death) Served in the Florida Senate for four years Served in the Florida House of Representatives for eight years Former benefactor of the University of Florida
Mark Clayton Hollis	Chi	Former CEO of Publix Supermarkets
Michael Maiorano	Epsilon Theta	Waste Management
Valsin A. Marmillion	Beta Omicron	President of Marmillion & Company
Karl W. Moore	Beta Omicron	Former VP & CIO International Paper and former VP & CFO International Paper, Europe
David Morgan, Sr.	Beta Omicron	Former Owner and President of United Teacher Associates Insurance Company
Zac Osburn	Delta Omega	Owner of Angler's Bay Clothing & Apparel
Parker Pete Petit	Iota	Chairman and CEO of Matria Healthcare
D. S. Dexter Tarbox, Jr.	Iota Delta	Merchant Banker, Principal & Managing Director of Tarbox Strategic Growth Equities, Co.
Lonnie C. Poole Jr.	Tau	Founder and Director of Waste Industries USA Inc. Benefactor of the Poole College of Management and the Lonnie Poole Golf Course at North Carolina State University
David Ratcliffe	Beta Tau	CEO of Southern Company
Bruce Rogers	Chi	Co-founder and Managing Director of KRG Capital
Bradley E. Singer	Beta Upsilon	CFO of Discovery Communications Former CFO of American Tower Corporation
Robert C. Sledd	Alpha Sigma	Chairman of Performance Food Group
Kevin Smilak	Eta Sigma	Co-founder of Scour
John Darrell Wainio	Omicron	CEO of Pangea Capital Investments
Charles (Chuck) Russell	Beta Phi	Executive Director, BPHC Inc
Robert B. (Bob) Plybon	Beta Phi	Chief Executive Officer, Plybon & Associates East Carolina University Board of Trustees President and Chairman of the Board, ECU Foundation
Gregg Kaplan	Alpha Kappa	Founder and CEO of Redbox

Arts and entertainment

Name	Chapter	Notability
George Fisher	unknown	Lead singer of American death metal band Cannibal Corpse
Randy Owen	Delta Epsilon	Lead singer of Grammy Award-winning American country band Alabama 73 million record sales worldwide Ranks 29th in U.S. album sales according to RIAA[3]
Trevor Penick	Zeta Rho	Former member of American pop group O-Town Pop singer and performer
Ryan Crow	Eta Sigma	Non-Scripted Television Show Producer
Niles "Cyrano" Hollowell-Dhar	Eta Omicron	Vocalist of American hip hop indie-pop duo The Cataracs
David Craig Forrest	Beta Phi	Original member of American disco group Village People, 1977
Nick Palance	Beta Alpha[4]	Opera Singer
Jimmy Tatro	Beta Theta	Actor and YouTube star
Chase McNary	Zeta Phi	Appeared on Season 12 of The Bachelorette

Government

Legislative

Former Senator of Tennessee, Howard Baker, of the Alpha Sigma chapter.

United States Senator, Lindsey Graham, of the Sigma chapter.

Name	Chapter	Notability
Howard Baker	Alpha Sigma	Former Senate Majority Leader Former senator from Tennessee Former White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Founder of international law firm Baker Donelson, the largest law firm in the state of Tennessee and the 78th largest law firm in the United States
Phil Bryant	Theta Alpha	63rd Governor of Mississippi 31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives 40th State Auditor of Mississippi
Carroll Campbell	Sigma	112th Governor of South Carolina Former member of the United States House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina Senate Former President and CEO of American Council of Life Insurers
Howard Coble	Epsilon Iota	Member of the United States House of Representatives Former North Carolina Secretary of Revenue
Philip Crane	Alpha Iota	Former member of the United States House of Representatives for 36 years
Chuck Eaton	Omicron	Member of the Georgia Public Service Commission
James Edwards	Alpha	110th Governor of South Carolina Former Secretary of Energy under President Reagan Former member of the South Carolina Senate Former president of the Medical University of South Carolina
Henry H. Fowler	Xi	Former Secretary of the Treasury Former member of the War Production Board Former member of the National Security Council
Lindsey Graham	Sigma	United States Senator of South Carolina Former member of the United States House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
George M. Grant	Omicron	Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.	Alpha Epsilon	Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Brandt Hershman	Omega	2010 candidate for United States House of Representatives Member of Indiana Senate, Republican Majority Floor Leader
Ernest Hollings	Alpha	Former member of the United States Senate 106th Governor of South Carolina Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Former chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget Former chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Olin D. Johnston	Zeta	98th Governor of South Carolina Former member of the United States Senate Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Dan K. Moore*	Kappa	66th Governor of North Carolina Former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Ollie Wilson Nabors	Omicron	Former member of the United States Senate from Alabama
Gaylord Nelson	Gamma Nu	Former member of the United States Senate 35th Governor of Wisconsin Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate Founded Earth Day in 1970 Recipient of the 1995 Presidential Medal of Freedom for his environmental work
Jon T. Rymer	Alpha Sigma	Former *Inspector General for the FDIC
James E. Rzepkowski	Eta Epsilon	Former Maryland Delegate
Mac Schneider	Zeta Gamma	Member of the North Dakota Senate
Mark Singel	Alpha Mu	Former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Former Acting Governor of Pennsylvania
Wayne Stenehjem	Zeta Gamma	Attorney General of North Dakota Former member of the North Dakota Senate Former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
Pat Swindall	Lambda	Former member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.*	Sigma	105th Governor of South Carolina Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Wayne Waddell	Beta Omicron	Former Louisiana State Representative
George Wallace Jr.	Omicron	Former State Treasurer of Alabama Former member of the Alabama Public Service Commission
Charles T. (Lee) Myers	Beta Phi	Mayor of Matthews, NC
Michael D. Unes	Epsilon Mu	Illinois House of Representatives Former East Peoria City Commissioner
Lance L. Metzler	Beta Phi	County Manager, Rockingham, NC

Judicial

Name	Chapter	Notability
Dan K. Moore*	Kappa	Former justice of the North Carolina Superior Court and North Carolina Supreme Court
Benjamin F. Overton	Alpha Epsilon	Former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Alan Sundberg	Beta Eta	Former Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
James Clinton Turk	Xi	Former Senior United States District Judge
Ian Boofner	Xi	Former Shadow Council Senior Chief Justice
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.*	Sigma	Former judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina

Military

Name	Chapter	Notability
Leonard Anderson	Alpha Phi	Pilot, Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team
Thomas L. Carter	Gamma Delta	Retired Major General, United States Air Force Former Military Attache to President Ronald Reagan
Adrian Cronauer	Eta Epsilon	Voice Behind Good Morning Vietnam
Rufus G. Herring	Epsilon	Retired Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve Recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry and intrepidity in action in the preinvasion attack on Iwo Jima
Marion "Hack" Mixson*	Beta	U2 Spy Plane Project
Hector Andres Negroni*	Alpha Upsilon	Retired Colonel United States Air Force First Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy
Tom Palmer	Delta Beta	Retired Colonal United States Army Commandant of the Corps of Cadets at North Georgia College and State University
John Keagy Stoner*	Alpha Upsilon	Retired Major General United States Army Highest Ranking Military Officer in Drexel University History
John J. Yeosock*	Alpha Mu	Retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
Ronald J. Zlatoper*	Alpha Tau	Retired Admiral, U.S. Navy former Commander of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC)
Christopher W. Cole	Kappa	Retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
James K. (Kelly) Pennington	Beta Phi	Retired General National Guard
Gary H. Wilfong	Beta Phi	Brigadier General Assistant Adjutant General Commander of the North Carolina Air National Guard

Higher education and non-profit

Name	Chapter	Notability
Thomas Sayre*	Kappa	Founded The Ability Experience
George C. Griffin*	Iota	Former Dean of Students, Georgia Institute of Technology
Brooks Keel*	Gamma Psi	President, Georgia Southern University
Dale Kinkade*	Alpha Delta	Llinguist and Specialist in Salishan languages
S. Walter Martin*	Delta	President Emeritus, Valdosta State University
John B. Means*	Upsilon	Former Executive Director, National Assn. of Self-Instructional Language Programs
Durward Owen*	Xi	Past Director of North-American Interfraternity Conference Board of Directors
Erik Smetana*	Beta Epsilon	AVP of Human Resources and Deputy CHRO, University of Missouri System, Cofounded StudioSTL
T.J. Sullivan*	Alpha Psi	Co-founder and CEO, CAMPUSPEAK
Phillip M. Summers*	Alpha Psi	Former President, Vincennes University
John Cullum Wilson*	Eta	Former CEO, American Red Cross
Timothy S. Hebson*	Alpha Eta	Dean of Students, University of Alabama
Thomas R. Brown*	Eta Mu	Incumbent President, Wingate University

Journalism

Name	Chapter	Notability
Rich Eisen	Alpha Kappa	Lead Host of The NFL Network Host of NFL GameDay Morning Former ESPN Anchor American television journalist
David Goodnow	Alpha Psi	Former CNN Headline News Anchor
Malcolm Johnson	Alpha Alpha	Pulitzer Prize winner Investigative Journalist
Rick Sanchez	Theta Delta	Television and Radio Journalist with WSVN-TV Miami and Univision Radio, formerly of CNN
Michael Senzon	Beta Tau	Supervising Producer CNN.com

Literature

Name	Chapter	Notability
Robert F. Inman	Omicron	Author
Thomas Wolfe	Kappa	Author Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
Robby Nadler	Eta Sigma	Poet Fulbright Scholar[5] 2010 Discovered Voice Award Winner[6]

Religion

Name	Chapter	Notability
William R. Bouknight, III	Mu	Associate Director Confessing Movement, United Methodist Church, Brigadier General (Ret.,) S.C. Army National Guard (Chaplain's Corps;) Senior Pastor Emeritus, Christ Church, Memphis, TN
Hunter T. Brewer	Alpha Eta	Founding Minister, Madison Heights Church (Madison, MS)
Keith L. Ackerman	Delta Psi	Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy
John Thomas Farrell	Gammu Mu	Rector, St. James Episcopal Church, Founded 1704 New York City

Sciences

Name	Chapter	Notability
Roger Crouch	Gamma Beta	Astronaut
Ed Lu	Psi	Astronaut Physicist
Paul V. Braun (professor)	Psi	Professor of Matericals Science at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Russell Conwell Newhouse	Alpha Nu	Inventor Altimeter
Charles H. Townes	Delta	Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Dean Ho	Eta Sigma	Professor at Northwestern University Nanotechnology researcher
Jacob Noel-Storr	Theta Psi	Former professor at Rochester Institute of Technology Astrophysics and Science Education Researcher

Sports

Name	Chapter	Notability
Wally Butts	Alpha Alpha	College Football Coach Former head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs
Robert Graziano	Delta Rho	Baseball Executive Former President/CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jim Edmonds	Zeta Rho	All-Star Outfielder Retired in 2011
Tommy Lasorda	Member-at-Large	Olympic Gold Medal winning coach Former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Former Slim Fast Spokesman
John Eagleton	Sigma	3-Time Tennis All American Current Record Holder Most Wins at the University of Miami Currently with Kriek Eagleton Tennis Academy
Joe Sewell	Omicron	Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Former Major League Baseball Infielder
Fred Beretta	Omega	All American (1940) Purdue and Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
Elmer Burnham	Omega	Ex Purdue Football Head Coach (1942-1943) Ex University of Rochester Head Coach (1944-1960)
Gene Selawski	Omega	First Team All America tackle (1958) LA Rams (1959), Cleveland Browns (1960), and San Diego Chargers (1961)
Darrel "Pete" Brewster	Omega	2 Time NFL Pro Bowler (1955,1956) Professional Football Player 1952-1960
Matt Arroyo	Beta Lambda	Professional mixed martial artist
Chris Moneymaker	Alpha Sigma	2003 Winner of the World Series of Poker Professional Poker Player
Pat Rummerfield	Theta Iota	World's first fully recovered quadriplegic Land speed world record holder
Marvin A. Hines	Beta Phi	Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1969

References

1. "Official Pi Kappa Phi website". Pi Kappa Phi. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
2. "Notable alumni". Pi Kappa Phi. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
3. RIAA Top Artists Recording Industry Association of America Accessed 29 July 2007
4. http://www.betaalpha.com/
5. "Fulbright Fellowship Takes UM Grad To Israel".
6. "2010 – 2011 Discovered Voices Award Winners".

External links

Pi Kapps Online Notable Alumni