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Old 07-07-2005, 12:49 AM
SurfinDBeach SurfinDBeach is offline
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Famous Tekes...

We have way too many ... But here's a few PROMINENT Alumni of Tau Kappa Epsilon...



POLITICS (and there are more not listed) olitics -

Ronald Wilson Reagan - 40th President of the United States of America
Senator Robert Byrd - West Virginia
Charles Whittaker - United States Supreme Court Justice
John G. Rowland - Governor of Connecticut
Albert Rossellini Fmr. Governor of Washington
Mike O'Callaghan Fmr. Gov. of Nevada
George Leader Fmr. Governor of Pennyslvania
Lester C. Hunt Fmr. Senator/Governor of Wyoming
Frank B. Morrison Fmr. Governor of Nebraska
Former Governor of Delaware
Martin Schreiber - Fmr. Governor of Wisconsin
Earle H. Harbison, Jr. - Deputy Director - CIA (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Janes E. Fitzmorris - Lieutenant Governor - Louisiana
L Talbot Hood - Director of Radio Free Europe
William Hyland Former Deputy Director - National Security Council
Robert L. "Bob" Barr,
Congressman, Georgia
Bob Butterworth
Florida Attorney General
James H. Quillen,
Congressman, Tennessee
David S. Hayes Pennsylvania Representative
William H. Hudnut, III Fmr. Mayor/Indianapolis
Richard B. Stone Fmr. Senator/ U.S. Ambassador
Bill Stark FBI/Foreign Counterintellegence Division
Bill Baker California Representative
Bob Barr Georgia Representative
Lane Evans Illinois Representative
W.J. Tauzin Louisiana Representative
Richard E. Neal Massachusetts Representative
Dave Camp Michigan Representative
Joe Knollenberg Michigan Representative
Bill Barrett Nebraska Representative
Earl Pomeroy North Dakota Representative
Bill Brewster Oklahoma Representative
Charles Wilson Texas Representative
John Bryant Texas Representative
Walter Myers, Jr. Indiana Supreme Court Just.
Alan C. Nelson U.S. Comm. of Immigration
James B. Long Comm. of Insurance/NC
Sidney W. Morrison U.S. Congress
Joseph Jepson - Senator, Iowa
G. Michael Witte Indiana Court Justice
Dan Henderson - Fmr. Mayor of El Paso, Texas
John Sisco Fmr. Undersec./Pres/American Un.
Donald Hunter Indiana Supreme Court Just.
Victor Schiro Fmr. Mayor/New Orleans
Robert W. Berrey, III Apellate Judge/Missouri Court of Appeals
John Gibson Judge/U.S. Court of Appeals
Marshall Gardener Retired/Hearings and Appeals/Soc Security Director
Gary A. Doer - Premier of Manitoba
Pete Cenarrusa - 5 term Secretary of State - Idaho


Many more in Congress...

Entertainment

Elvis Presley
Willie Nelson
Les Paul (Inventor of the Electric Guitar)
Danny Thomas
Lawrence Welk
Fred Dryer (TV Star, and NFL player)
Robery Wuhl (Actor)
Merv Griffin
The LETTERMEN (all of them)
The Everly Brothers (all of them)
Raymond W. Franklin President/Stage America, Inc./Producer and Director
John A. Russo Writer/Filmmaker
Mark A. Fite Vice President/Stage America, Inc.
William Melendez - THE VOICE OF CHARLIE BROWN (yes you read that right!) and creator of the Peanuts specials
Christopher Glenn (CBS News Anchor)
James Drury
Miles Wilkin - CEO SFX Theatrical Group

And a lot more...

Athletics

Terry P. Bradshaw -
Pittsberg Steelers Quarterback. Led the Steelers to 4 Super Bowl titles (1975-76,79-80); 2-time Super Bowl MVP (1979-80) and regular season MVP in 1978.

George S. Halas -
NFL Founder (YES THE FOUNDER OF THE NFL!)/ Chicago Bears Football Club Owner & Coach

Phil Simms,
New York Giants Quarterback and MVP of Super Bowl XXI

Marv Levy - NFL coach

Richard "Digger" Phelps - NCAA - Coach of Notre Dame, ESPN TV Analyst

Jim Harrick - NCAA Coach

Ken Phelps
Professional Baseball Player
Eddie Enos Professional Football
Danny Villanueva Professional Football
Doug Blubaugh Olympic Gold Medal winner/Wrestling,
Jim Grabowski Professional Football
Gerry Philben Professional Football
Ben Davis Professional Football
John Beasley Professional Football
Tom Beer Professional Football
Lou Carnesecca Head Basketball Coach/St. John's University
Joseph C. Sambito Professional Baseball
Richie Scheinblum Professional Baseball
Ray Crowley Professional Baseball
Joe Tait Sportscaster
Dr. Edmond F. Enos Founder/Institute of Comparative Physical Health
Harold V. "Shorty" Almquest Football and Basketball coach/Univ. of Minnesota

Too many more to list...




Philanthropic, Literary, Scientific, Military, etc...


General Joseph W. Ralston - Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces in Europe

Colonel Gerald P. Carr - NASA Commander - SKYLAB IV

Rear Admiral John R. Fisher - President of Navy League

Roy K. Flint - Dean - U.S. Military Academy - West Point

William A. Fowler - Nobel Prize - Physics

Dr. Frank Jirka - President - American Medical Association

Irving Krick - President - American Institute of Aerological Research

Ralph Keyes - President Kiwanis Foundation

George A. Newbury - Former Soverign Grand Commander, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry

Hugh. Milton II - Former Undersecretary, U.S. Army... President of New Mexico State University

Spence T. Marks - Former Director U.S. Army Scientific/Technical Information

Roy W. Riegle - Former Most Eminent Grand Master, Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America

A lot more...


Education

Dr. John Cribbet - Chancellor - University of Illnois - Urbana-Champaign

Gregory Geoffroy - President - Iowa State University

William Muse - Chancellor - East Carolina University

Chester Lay - Former President - Southern Methodist University
and DEAN OF PRESIDENTS - American Colleges and Universities

Joseph Sico - President - American University

Hoke Smith - President - Towson University

J. Richard Stoltz - President - Lincoln College

Donald R. Theophilus - President - University of Idaho

Dr. John Calhoun Jr. - V.P. Academic Affairs - Texas A & M University...

and more...

BUSINESS

Conrad M. Hilton - Founder of HILTON Hotels (and Paris' Grandpa)

Howard D. Schultz - Chairman/CEO, Chief Global Strategist - STARBUCKS COFFEE

Paul Oreffice - Chairman/CEO - Dow Chemical

Charles R. Walgreen Jr. - Founder - Walgreen Drugs

Russel Heil - V.P. Operations - Delta Airlines

James Kilts - President/CEO - The Gillette Company

Earl Harbison, Jr. - President - Monsanto Chemicals

Robert E. Gunn - Chairman/CEO - Financial Counselors, INC.

Edward Droste - CO-FOUNDER - HOOTERS Restaurant, President - Provident Management Corporation

John Currey - President - Boreal Laboratories, LTD

Raymond G. Chambers - Co-Owner - NEW JERSEY NETS

Roger J. Dow - Vice President/Marketing - Marriot Hotels

Harold A. Shaub - President/CEO - Cambell Soup Company

Ward Smidl - President - Colley Elevator Company

H.R. Bresee - President - H.R. Bresee and Co. /
Director and Vice Chairman - Bank Of Illinois


Ronald C. Barr - President - AMFAC, INC/Hotels and Resorts

James Evans - President/CEO - Best Western International

Douglas Habig - President/CEO Kimball International, INC.

Walter "Bud" Loghman - Chairman of the Board - First Bank of Illinois

John Currey - President - Boreal Laboratories

Walter F. Cornett III - Chairman of the Board /Treasurer of the Board of Directors - Viridian, Inc.

and more of course...




If I were to list anymore, there wouldn't be room...

Last edited by SurfinDBeach; 07-07-2005 at 03:59 PM.
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