List of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members

This is a list of notable members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. For articles with the category, see Sigma Alpha Epsilon members.

Literature

William Faulkner – Nobel Prize-winning author, University of Mississippi
Albert Jay Nock – author and social critic
Walker Percy – Southern author, UNC Chapel Hill
Sandro Corsaro – author and American Animator
John Jakes – author, DePauw University
George Abbe – poet and author, University of New Hampshire
Stuart Woods – author, University of Georgia

Music

Jimmy Dunne – songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, University of Kentucky
Glen Ballard – veteran songwriter and producer, University of Mississippi
Dierks Bentley – country music singer University of Vermont
Bobby Hatfield – singer, the Righteous Brothers, California State University Long Beach
Nick Lachey – singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University
Matt Stillwell – American Country Artist, Songwriter Western Carolina University
Dom Lasher - Also known as Drake, Canadian rapper and entrepreneur, Georgia Southern University
Bobby Troup – American musician, Songwriter University of Pennsylvania
Rudy Vallee – entertainer University of Maine, Yale University^[1]
Quinn XCII, songwriter and musician, revived Michigan State University chapter with his brother, Mat
George McConnell – former guitarist for Widespread Panic, University of Mississippi

Media and entertainment

Ed Ackerman - Actor, University of Akron
George Bodenheimer – president of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC
Lloyd Bridges – actor, UCLA
Beau 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
Ross M. Dick – journalist at The Milwaukee Journal and fourth president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing
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
George Gallup – creator of Gallup Poll, University of Iowa
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
Steve Hindy - founder, Brooklyn Brewery, Cornell University
Chet Huntley – NBC news anchor Montana State University
Paul James – actor – television show Greek, Syracuse University
James J. Kilpatrick – syndicated newspaper columnist, author, University of Missouri
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
Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize winning World War II journalist, Indiana 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 – Wonder Years, Stanford University
Grant Shaud – actor on Murphy Brown, University of Richmond
David Spade – actor – Saturday Night Live, Arizona State University
Charles Strum – Associate managing editor for the New York Times, Dickinson College
Kevin Tighe – actor, University of Southern California
Casper Van Dien – actor Starship Troopers, Beverly Hills 90210 Florida State University
Curtis Wilkie - Newspaper reporter, college professor and historian, University of Mississippi
Ed Wilson – president of Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Company), 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
Mike Song – dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine

Business

Josh Abramson – founder of CollegeHumor, University of Richmond
Trey Ybos
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^[2]
Josh Harris – co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of several sports teams^[3]
Paul Tudor Jones – founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation, University of Virginia^[4]
John Motley Morehead III – Developed foundation of Union Carbide Company, Lifetime philanthropist UNC Chapel Hill
Ross Perot Jr. – businessman and real estate developer, chairman of Perot Systems, Vanderbilt University
Chris Sullivan, founder Outback Steakhouse, University of Kentucky
Scott T. Ford – CEO, Alltel Wireless, University of Arkansas
J. B. Fuqua – former businessman and philanthropist. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is named after him
Clemmie Spangler – Merged the Bank of North Carolina with Bank of America. Businessman and philanthropist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steve Lacy – president and CEO, Meredith Corporation, Kansas State University
David S. Lewis – former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech
William Perez – former CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Nike, Inc., Cornell University
Paul L. Foster – president and CEO of Western Refining, Baylor University
T. Boone Pickens – chairman, Mesa Petroleum, Oklahoma State University
Aubrey McClendon – co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Duke University
Bowman Gray Sr. – former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, UNC Chapel Hill
Charles Price II – chairman and CEO – Price Candy Company, University of Missouri
Richard Scruggs – Lawyer, University of Mississippi
George Watts Hill – Noted banker, hospital administrator, and philanthropist, UNC Chapel Hill
Ed Fuller – president of Marriott International, Boston University
David Einhorn – president, Greenlight Capital, Cornell University
Dan Rapoport – financier and philanthropist, president of Rapoport Capital, University of Houston
Ed Wilson – president of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, University of Arkansas
Howard Wood – co-founder, Charter Communications and former president and CEO, Cencom Cable Television, Washington University in St. Louis
William T. Young – businessman, founder and former CEO of JIF, University of Kentucky
James Sowell - former Chairman of Board of Regents of Texas Tech University, president and founder of Sowell & Company, Texas Tech University
William Spell – founder and current president of Spell Capital Partners, University of Minnesota

Education

Milton Eisenhower – president Kansas State University, president Johns Hopkins University
James M. Farr – president of the University of Florida
Bruce Grube – president of Georgia Southern University
Ralph Cooper Hutchinson – president of Washington & Jefferson College
Luis Proenza- president of University of Akron
Mike Feinberg – Knowledge is Power Program
Clemmie Spangler – served as president of University of North Carolina system from 1986–1997.
Dan Papp – president of Kennesaw State University
Richard Kinney -- president of Hadley School for the Blind

Government

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
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
George Smathers- former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Florida (D), philanthropist, University of Florida
Dennis Chavez – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico University of New Mexico
Richard Russell – former US Senator from Georgia University of Georgia

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 (U.S. politician) – 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
Hamilton C. Jones – former US Representative from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill
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
Adam Kinzinger – US Representative from Illinois (R), Illinois State University
J. Alex McMillan – former US Representative from North Carolina (R), 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
Gilbert Brown Patterson – former US Congressman from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill
Brad Wenstrup – current US Congressman from Ohio (R) University of Cincinnati

Governors

Doug Burgum – current Governor of North Dakota (R) North Dakota State University
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
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
Robert D. Blue – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University
Brian Sandoval – former Governor of Nevada (R), University of Nevada

Mayors

Ivan Allen Jr. – former mayor of Atlanta (D), Georgia Tech
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

Other government officials

Henry M. Paulson – former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, Dartmouth College
Todd Blodgett – Member of White House staff (Reagan-Bush) 1985–87. Served on Bush-Quayle '88 campaign committee. Also worked with the FBI.
Andrew McCabe – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Duke University
Michael Geppi – former Harford County Councilman (R), Towson University
Andrew O. Holmes – Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court^[5]
L.Q.C. Lamar – Statesman (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
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
Richard Myers – former chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Kansas State University
Eliot Ness – Prohibition agent, University of Chicago
Charles Price II – former Ambassador to the United Kingdom University of Missouri
Donald Evans – former US Secretary of Commerce, University of Texas at Austin
Richard Riley – former US Secretary of Education, Former Governor of South Carolina (D), Furman University
Pat Robertson – Christian leader, 1988 presidential candidate (R), Washington and Lee University
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 Iowa Legislature and former brigadier general, US Marines, University of Iowa
GEN Charles C. Campbell, USA (Ret.) – US Army general (retired), former FORSCOM commander, and last continuously serving army officer with Vietnam experience, Louisiana State University
Edmund Kirby Smith – general, Confederate States of America, The University of the South
Bruce L. Castor, Jr. – former solicitor general and acting attorney general of Pennsylvania, former district attorney and commissioner of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; noted trial lawyer, Lafayette College
John R. Bell, IV – House Majority Whip, 10th NC House District, North Carolina House of Representatives (R) University of North Carolina at Wilmington
James R. Williams – Selectman, Belmont, MA, Indiana University
Dana T. Merrill – United States Army brigadier general
Seymour W. Terry – United States Army Captain, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, University of Arkansas^[6]
William Peterkin Upshur – United States Marine Corps Major General, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I, Virginia Military Institute^[7]
Arlo L. Olson – United States Army Captain, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II, University of South Dakota^[8]

Science

Robert Ballard – oceanographer, explorer, discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1985, Bismarck 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 – surgeon who revolutionized the treatment of bone fractures
Joseph Strauss – Engineer and designer of the Golden Gate Bridge, University of Cincinnati

Sports

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
Tom Purtzer – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
Steve Melnyk – golfer, University of Florida
Bob Murphy – golfer, long time sports announcer, NCAA Golf individual champion, US Amateur champion, University of Florida

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
Ron Mason – former college hockey coach and current athletics director at Michigan State University
Charles Jock – American middle-distance runner, University of California, Irvine
Chris Pontius – forward for D.C. United, University of California, Santa Barbara
Wally Ris – two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, University of Iowa
Dave Shondell – head volleyball coach at Purdue University, Ball State
Femi Hollinger-Janzen – forward for New England Revolution, Indiana University^[12]

References

^ "Rudy Vallee to Be Guest of S. A. E. Alumni Group". Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1947. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
^ "Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm Operations LP: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
^ Wang, Jennifer (November 7, 2017). "It All Started With Wrestling, Says Billionaire Owner of Philadelphia 76ers". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
^ Wang, Jennifer (21 October 2017). "How Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Learned To Overcome Failure In 6th Grade". Forbes. No. Billionaires. United States. Forbes Media LLC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "State Lawyers Mourn Holmes", The Tennessean (July 25, 1965), p. 1-A, 4-A.
^ "Notable Fraternity Alumni: Medal of Honor Recipients – North American Interfraternity Conference". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
^ William Peterkin Upshur
^ "Notable Fraternity Alumni: Medal of Honor Recipients – North American Interfraternity Conference". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
^ "Bits About the Blues". The Monitor. 28 February 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
^ "The Phoenix of Sigma Alpha Epsilon". Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. 2018-09-25. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
^ https://nicfraternity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fraternity_men_in_nfl_hall_of_fame-updated-6-18.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Major League Soccer".

External links

Official SAE Website (Fraterity Service Center)

[1] "Rudy Vallee to Be Guest of S. A. E. Alumni Group". Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1947. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

[2] "Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm Operations LP: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.

[3] Wang, Jennifer (November 7, 2017). "It All Started With Wrestling, Says Billionaire Owner of Philadelphia 76ers". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[Forbes2017October21WangJennifer-4] Wang, Jennifer (21 October 2017). "How Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Learned To Overcome Failure In 6th Grade". Forbes. No. Billionaires. United States. Forbes Media LLC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[A.O._Holmes_Obit-5] "State Lawyers Mourn Holmes", The Tennessean (July 25, 1965), p. 1-A, 4-A.

[6] "Notable Fraternity Alumni: Medal of Honor Recipients – North American Interfraternity Conference". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

[7] William Peterkin Upshur

[8] "Notable Fraternity Alumni: Medal of Honor Recipients – North American Interfraternity Conference". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

[9] "Bits About the Blues". The Monitor. 28 February 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

[10] "The Phoenix of Sigma Alpha Epsilon". Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. 2018-09-25. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-04-08.

[11] ttps://nicfraternity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fraternity_men_in_nfl_hall_of_fame-updated-6-18.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] "Major League Soccer".

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List of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members

Literature

Music

Media and entertainment

Business

Education

Government

President

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Governors

Mayors

Other government officials

Science

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

American football

Golf

Tennis

Other sports

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