List of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members

This is a list of notable members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

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

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
• Matt Ragland – songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, Nelo (band), University of Texas at Austin
• Nick Lachey – singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University
• Matt Stillwell – American Country Artist, Songwriter Western Carolina University
• Rudy Vallee – entertainer University of Maine, Yale University^[1]
• Reid Umstattd – lead vocalist, Nelo (band), University of Texas at Austin

Media and entertainment

• George Bodenheimer – president of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC
• Lloyd Bridges – actor, UCLA
• Beau Bridges – actor
• 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
• Bobby Jon Drinkard – actor Survivor: Guatemala, Survivor: Palau, and We Are Marshall, Troy University
• Jack Edwards – former ESPN Broadcaster and current NESN play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins, University of New Hampshire
• Sam Elliott – actor, Cal State L.A.
• Bob Eubanks – television personality, game show host
• 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
• Joshua Holmes – International model, celebrity blogger, Middle Tennessee State 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
• 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
• Jay Wilkison – actor, Nashville, One Life to Live Western Kentucky University
• 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
• Lawrence Kao – actor, dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine
• Mike Song – dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine

Business

• Josh Abramson - founder of College Humor, University of Richmond
• John Bugas – former vice president – Ford Motor Company University of Wyoming
• Larry Kurzweil – President/COO, Universal Studios Hollywood
• John Motley Morehead III – Developed foundation of Union Carbide Company, Lifetime philanthropist UNC Chapel Hill
• Joe Craft President Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Joe Craft Center, Kentucky Basketball Facilities University of Kentucky
• William T. Young – businessman, founder and former CEO of JIF, University of Kentucky
• Chris Sullivan, founder Outback Steakhouse, University of Kentucky
• Jack Crichton – Oil and gas industrialist in Texas
• 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
• John T. Chambers – CEO and Chairman of Cisco Systems, Duke University
• 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, Jr. – former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech
• William Perez – CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Cornell University
• Paul L. Foster – president and CEO of Western Refining, Baylor University
• T. Boone Pickens, Jr. – 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 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
• Ross Perot, Jr. – businessman and real estate developer, chairman of Perot Systems, Vanderbilt University
• Ed Fuller – president of Marriott International, Boston University
• David Einhorn – president, Greenlight Capital, Cornell University
• John Thompson Dorrance – founder of Campbell's Soup, MIT
• John F. Barrett – chairman, president and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, University of Cincinnati
• Paul Tudor Jones – founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation, University of Virginia
• Dan Rapoport – financier and philanthropist, president of Rapoport Capital, University of Houston
• Cecil B. Day – founder of Days Inn, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Fred Ehrsam – founder of Coinbase, Duke University

Education

• James M. Farr – president of the University of Florida
• Bruce Grube – president of Georgia Southern University
• Ralph Cooper Hutchinson – president of Washington & Jefferson College
• Stephen G. Jennings – president of the University of Evansville
• 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. From 1982–1986 served as chairman of North Carolina Board of Education. Noted businessman and philanthropist. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Thomas Kermit Hearn – president of Wake Forest University
• Edwin Speir – president of Georgia College and State University
• Dan Papp – president of Kennesaw State University
• Gary Ransdell – president of Western Kentucky University
• William Flowers Hand - vice president of Mississippi State University (1935-1946). Dean of the School of Science at Mississippi State University (1916-1946). In 1909, he was appointed Head of Fertilizer Inspection for the state of Mississippi. Mississippi Theta's house is named William Flowers Hand Memorial Chapter House.

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 – 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
• 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

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, 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, Drake University
• Brian Sandoval – Current 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 – Current 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
• Andrew McCabe – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Duke University
• Scott W. Dales – Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of Michigan, University of Michigan
• Michael Geppi – former Harford County Councilman (R), Towson University
• L.Q.C. Lamar – Statesman (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
• W. Burch Lee, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (D), Louisiana State University
• 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 B. Peatross – judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second District in Shreveport, 1996–2011, Tulane University
• 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
• Naryan M. Cruz – assistant director, United States Department of Labor, San Diego 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 – 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
• Seth Alford – United States Marine Corps officer
• 1LT Weston C. Lee - United States Army, Bronze Star, Purple Heart University of North Georgia

Science

Leslie Vaughn Rush, orthopedic surgeon and inventor of the Rush pin

• 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

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 – former 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 - Los Angeles Dodgers 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
• Mike Hubbard – Chicago Cubs catcher, James Madison University
• Mark Lamping – former president of the St. Louis Cardinals and CEO of the Meadowlands Stadium Company, Rockhurst University
• Kevin McClatchy – Current CEO and former majority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Graig Nettles – former Major League Baseball player, San Diego State University
• Greg Reynolds – Colorado Rockies pitcher, Stanford University
• Walt Terrell – former professional baseball player, Morehead State University
• Clint Robinson – Pittsburgh Pirates Major League first baseman Troy University

Basketball

• Terry Dischinger – professional basketball player, Purdue University, Chicago Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets, Detroit Pistons
• Mike Gminski – professional basketball player, Duke University
• 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
• Jon McGlocklin – professional basketball player, Indiana University, Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
• Jack Twyman – professional basketball player, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Royals
• Kevin Grevey – professional basketball player, University of Kentucky
• 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
• Gregg Marshall – current coach, Wichita State University

American Football

• Troy Aikman – Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl MVP Quarterback and Hall of Famer
• Chris Ault – University of Nevada-Reno football coach, University of Nevada
• John Billman – America 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
• Greg McElroy – University of Alabama QB 2009 National Champions, NFL QB for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Kyle Cook – current 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
• "Bullet" 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
• Tommy Mason – football player, Tulane University, Minnesota Vikings
• Ed McCaffrey – 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
• 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.
• Bo Schembechler – former University of Michigan football coach, Miami University
• Adam Seward – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 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 – (Honorary) former football coach University of Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys, University of Oklahoma
• Fran Tarkenton- quarterback of Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, University of Georgia
• David Treadwell – former NFL kicker, Clemson University
• Carson Palmer – quarterback of Arizona Cardinals, University of Southern California
• Denny Thum – president of the Kansas City Chiefs Rockhurst University
• Lloyd Yoder – College Football Hall of Fame tackle, Carnegie Mellon University
• Kevin Hogan – quarterback of Kansas City Chiefs, Stanford University
• Christian McCaffrey – Heisman trophy finalist running back, Stanford University
• Josh Rosen – quarterback of University of California, Los Angeles
• Hunter Henry- tight end of San Diego Chargers, University of Arkansas Mackey Award Winner
• Kirby Smart – University of Georgia football head coach, University of Georgia
• Darren Winkley - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Big 12 official

Golf

• Patrick Cansfield- golfer, Oxford University, Won Oxford v. Cambridge, Oglethorpe University
• Andy Bean – golf announcer, player on the PGA Champions Tour, University of Florida
• David Boyd Sr. – golfer, member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, University of Georgia
• 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
• Bill Brask – golfer, Big 10 Golf Championship Winner 1968, Australian Open runner up, University of Minnesota

Tennis

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

Other sports

• Bob Baffert – Triple Crown winner, University of Arizona
• Doug Coby – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour winner (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), University of Richmond
• 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^[2]

References

External links

• Official SAE Website (Fraterity Service Center)