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Originally posted by Arya:
Although we have our fair share of famous alumni, I thought this one guy is an alumni which very few people know about, but every body plays his game. I'm talking about:
Dr. Naismith - Inventor of Basketball.
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Technically, Dr. Naismith is an alumni of Sigma Phi Epsilon, but he was named as an honorary brother, later on in his life, however, both of his sons are fully initated brothers in SigEp.
Other Famous SigEp's
Tom H. Barrett - Retired Chairman & CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Steve Bartlett - Former U.S. Congressman Robert L. Bartley - Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Col. Karol J. Bobko -Space Shuttle Commander, NASA
Ronald H. Brown -Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Curtis L. Carlson - Founder & Chairman, Carlson Companies (Raddison Hotels & TGI Fridays Restaurants)
Kenneth T. Derr - Chairman, Chevron Oil Richard M. DeVos - President & Co-Founder, Amway Corporation
Wallace C. Doud - Consultant & Corporate Director, Motorola, Inc.
Douglas C. Engelbart -
Inventor of the Computer Mouse & Windows D. Travis Engen - CEO, ITT Industries, Inc.
John Engler - Governor, State of Michigan John Fina - Tackle, Buffalo Bills
Richard J. Gannon - Quarterback, Oakland Raiders (2001 Pro Bowl MVP)
Theodore S. "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
John S. Goodman - Actor
Orel L. Hershiser - Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Thomas O. Hicks - Owner, Dallas Stars & Texas Rangers
"Gene" Keady, Jr. - Head Basketball Coach, Purdue University
Robert L. Lilly - NFL Hall of Fame Tackle, Dallas Cowboys
Terry J. Lundgren - President & CEO, Neiman Marcus
Hank Moonjean - Producer of "Beauty and the Beast"
Kent C. "Oz" Nelson - Retired Chairman & CEO, United Parcel Service
Carroll J. O'Connor (1926-2001) - Actor
Harold A. Poling - Retired Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Company
Roy R. Romer - Governor, State of Colorado
William A. Schreyer - Retired Chairman & CEO, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Gary Shepard - Retired Correspondent, ABC News
Robert C. Stempel - Retired Chairman & CEO, General Motors Corporation
R. David Thomas - Chairman & Founder, Wendy's International
William G. Tragos (Our Grand President) - Retired Chairman & CEO, TBWA Chiat/Day Advertising
Fred L. Turner- Chairman, McDonald's Corporation
Cecil H. Underwood - Governor, State of West Virginia
A Full Listing can be read at
http://www.sigep.org/about/famousalumni.asp