List of Omicron Delta Kappa members

Omicron Delta Kappa, also known as The Circle, is an honor society located in the United States with chapters at more than 300 college campuses. Following is a list of Omicron Delta Kappa members.

Athletics

• Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney College, 1996), Head coach of Longwood University.
• Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech, 1967), Head coach for Virginia Tech Hokies football team.
• Terry Bowden (Auburn University, 1994), College football head coach.
• Paul "Bear" Bryant (University of Kentucky, 1949), Longtime Head Coach for the University of Alabama football team.
• Joshua Dobbs (University of Tennessee, 2016), NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, and Minnesota Vikings
• Ron Fraser (University of Miami, 1975), College Baseball Coach at the University of Miami
• Bob Griese (University of Miami, 1988), NFL Quarterback for the Miami Dolphins
• Gene Keady (Purdue University, 1988), Longtime head coach for Purdue University basketball
• Archie Manning (University of Mississippi, 1970), NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers, and Minnesota Vikings
• Peyton Manning (University of Tennessee, 1997), NFL quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos
• Rudy Niswanger (Louisiana State University, 2005), NFL center for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Arnold Palmer (Wake Forest University, 1964), Professional Golfer.
• Joe Paterno (Pennsylvania State University, 1976), Football Coach.
• Gaylord Perry (Campbell University, 1978), Professional Baseball Player and two-time Cy Young Award winner.
• James E. Perry (Campbell University, 1978), Professional Baseball Player and Cy Young Award winner.
• Homer Rice (Georgia institute of Technology, 1981), Football Coach and Athletic Director.
• Myron Rolle (Florida State University, 2008), Former safety for the FSU Seminoles and 2009 Rhodes Scholar
• Adolph Rupp (University of Kentucky, 1937), Longtime University of Kentucky basketball head coach.
• Tubby Smith (University of Kentucky, 2001), Men’s Basketball Coach
• Steve Spurrier (University of Florida, 1991), Heisman Trophy winner, NFL Quarterback, and Head Coach for the University of Florida, the Washington Redskins, and the South Carolina Gamecocks.
• Bob Wolff (Duke University, 1942), longest-running sports broadcaster in television and radio history

Business

• Ely Callaway Jr. (Mu, 1940), American entrepreneur, textiles executive, winemaker, and golf club manufacturer
• Dan Carmichael (Mu, 1967)
• Robert S. Jepson Jr. (Epsilon, 1963), chairman of the board and CEO of three corporations and a California winery, director of four other companies, founder of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond
• Richard D. Kinder (Alpha Xi), CEO of Kinder Morgan, former president of Enron, ranked #46 on the 2011 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. Kinder's net worth is more than $8.2 billion as of March 2012.
• Kenneth L. Lay (Alpha Xi, 1964), former chairman and CEO of Enron
• Clay Foster Lee Jr. (Pi, 1951), retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• S. Robson Walton (Beta Beta, 1965), chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., ranked #11 on the 2011 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. Walton's net worth is $23.1 billion as of March 2012.

Education

• William Hazell, fifth president of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Barry Bishop (Alpha Theta, 1953), geographer, researcher, and Executive Vice Chair of Research, National Geographic
• Thomas Hines, professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Los Angeles
• Frank Hereford (Omicron), fifth president of the University of Virginia
• Rudolph Rummel, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii who coined the term democide
• Kenneth P. Ruscio (Alpha, 1975), 26th president of Washington and Lee University
• Donna Shalala, fifth president of the University of Miami
• Sidney A. McPhee (honoris causa initiate in 2010), tenth president of Middle Tennessee State University
• Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair, Union Theological Seminary

Arts and entertainment

• Yvette Nicole Brown (The University of Akron, 1994), actress and comedian
• Scott Crary (State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 2000), director and producer
• Sheryl S. Crow (University of Missouri, 1983), singer/songwriter, winner of nine Grammy Awards
• Tara Dawn Holland (Florida State University, 1993), Miss America 1997
• Douglass Wallop, (University of Maryland College Park, 1941), famous author, librettist of Damn Yankees
• Matthew Shaffer, (Wilson College (Pennsylvania), 2023), director, choreographer, author

Government

• Amy Coney Barrett (Rhodes College, 1994), Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Gordon R. England (University of Maryland College Park, 1963), 72nd U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
• Donald Evans (University of Texas at Austin, 1971), 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Martin Frost (University of Missouri, 1962), Political Commentator, Fox News Channel, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 24th congressional district
• John R. Gibson (University of Missouri, 1948), Senior Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (Washington and Lee University, 1928), former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
• Dean Rusk (Davidson College, 1930), 54th U.S. Secretary of State
• Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee, (Centenary College, 1975), Shreveport businesswoman, the first woman elected to the Louisiana State Senate, the first woman in Omicron Delta Kappa
• Lloyd F. Wheat, (Louisiana State University), member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1948 to 1952
• Abe Fortas (Rhodes College, 1930), former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Journalism and mass media

• Cokie Roberts (The University of Akron), American Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author

Science and engineering

• Anthony Joseph Arduengo III (Alpha Eta, 1972), Chemist, Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Saxon Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama
• Paul Alan Wetter, (University of Miami School of Medicine, 1975), Physician, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Pioneer and Innovator

Honorary members

• Walter Williams – founded the Alpha Xi Circle at Missouri
• Franklin D. Roosevelt – University of Maryland, 1940
• E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax – University of Maryland, 1941
• Hodding Carter – University of the South, 1953
• Jonas E. Salk – University of Pittsburgh, 1954
• Wernher von Braun – Grove City College, 1961
• Joseph I. Goldstein – Washington and Lee University, 1961
• Bob Hope – Tulane University, 1964
• Jimmy Carter – Georgia State University, 1972
• Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick – Louisiana State University, 1968
• Walter Cronkite – Florida Southern College, 1979
• Walter Mondale – University of South Carolina, 1981
• Gerald R. Ford – Florida Southern College, 1984
• F. Story Musgrave – University of Kentucky, 1984
• Winston S. Churchill III – Florida Southern College, 1990
• Margaret Thatcher – Harding University, 1995
• George H. W. Bush – Harding University, 1997
• Hillary Clinton – Alfred University, 2000
• Joseph R. Biden Jr. - University of Delaware, 1981
• Nello L. Teer - Duke University, 1957

External links

• Official Circle Website