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This is a list of Alpha Tau Omega brothers who have achieved notability.
Astronauts
Business
Education
Entertainment and media
John Besh : celebrity chef
Anthony Michael Brooks : world champion Rubik's Cube solver
Bugs Bunny : animated Warner Brothers character; initiated in 1947 at University of Kentucky; Warner Bros endorses Bugs as an actual member[1]
Dana Elcar : film and TV actor best known for his supporting role on MacGyver
Hunter Ellis : reality TV star; host of History Channel's Tactical to Practical
Rob Estes : actor, Melrose Place , Silk Stalkings , 90210
Guy Fieri : Food Network star; host of Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives ; Nevada-Las Vegas
Brad Fiorenza : MTV's The Real World: San Diego cast member
Christopher Fitzgerald : Broadway and film actor
Shelby Foote : novelist and Civil War historian
Cork Graham : combat photographer imprisoned in Vietnam for illegally entering the country while looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd
Bob Guiney : Bob the Bachelor from The Bachelor 4
Andrew Haug : Australian radio announcer; drummer for Contrive ; considered by many to be the Howard Stern of Australia
Jack Ingram : country music performer
Anthony Jeselnik : standup-comedian, writer, and actor
Greg Kinnear : Talk Soup host; 1998 Academy Award nominee
Bert Kreischer : stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host; known as "The Machine"
Art Linkletter : television personality; author, Kids Say The Darndest Things
Elmer Lower : former president of ABC News
Frank Marshall : film producer and director; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment
Garry Marshall : film director; Pretty Woman , Overboard ), television producer (Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley ; used ATO in the latter seasons of Happy Days several times, and an ATO fraternity paddle can be seen hanging on the wall of "Arnold's"
Jon Meacham : Editor of Newsweek ; bestselling author; commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America
Forrest Sawyer : ABC News , Nightline
Adam Schroeder : Warner Brothers and FOX New Regency movie producer; Chronicle , The Truman Show , Clueless [2]
Elliot Segal : radio DJ and host of Elliot in the Morning
Grant Show : actor, Melrose Place
Stryker : radio DJ and co-host of the radio show Loveline
Tennessee Williams : Pulitzer Prize winner for A Streetcar Named Desire
Reynolds Wolf : CNN meteorologist
Legal
Richard H. Bryan : former US Senator and Nevada Governor (Nevada-Reno ); former Nevada Attorney General
Frank Fahrenkopf : former Chair of the Republican National Committee (Nevada-Reno ); former President and CEO of the American Gaming Association; founded the law firm Fahrenkopf, Mortimer, Sourwine, Mousel and Sloane
Procter Ralph Hug, Jr. : Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Nevada-Reno )
Eli Northrup : criminal defense attorney; rapper
William J. Raggio : Nevada State Senator (Nevada-Reno ); former D.A. of Washoe County in Nevada (1958–1970)
Jim Santini : US Congressman, State of Nevada (Nevada-Reno ); former Nevada district court judge
Grant Sawyer : Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967 (Nevada-Reno ); co-founded Lionel Sawyer & Collins in 1967, which before its closing was the largest private law firm in Nevada
William L. Summers : criminal defense lawyer; past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ; notable cases include Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision and New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
Michael Waddington : court martial defense lawyer; notable cases include Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal, the Iron Triangle murder case (William B. Hunsaker ), the Maywand District killings , and the Mahmudiyah killings
Military
Politics
Lee Atwater : Chair of the Republican National Committee
Birch Bayh : US Senator from Indiana (Purdue )
Richard H. Bryan : former US Senator and Nevada Governor (Nevada-Reno )
C. Farris Bryant : Governor of Florida 1961-1965; University of Florida
George C. Butte : jurist and Texas politician
Alberto "Al" Cardenas : political lobbyist; Florida Atlantic University
Lawton Chiles : US Senator; Governor of Florida 1991-1998; University of Florida
Nathan Deal : Governor of Georgia ; Mercer University
Andrew Durham : Head of NASA Communications; President of Nigeria University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky
James Eastland : US Senator from 1942-1979; Senate Pro Tempore , 1972–1979
Frank Fahrenkopf : Chair of the Republican National Committee; president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (Nevada-Reno )
Sam Gibbons : Congressman
Matt Griffin : current Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Nevada (Nevada-Reno )
Stephen H. Grimes : Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court ; University of Florida
Edward J. Gurney : US Senator, Florida
Lee H. Hamilton : US Congressman, Indiana
Spessard Holland : US Senator; Governor of Florida; University of Florida
Roy M. Huffington : Ambassador to Austria, 1990–93; named Ambassador of the Year in 1992 by the Diplomatic Club of Vienna
Procter Ralph Hug, Jr. : Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Nevada-Reno )
Willis B. Hunt Jr. : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia ; Emory University
Harry A. Johnston : US Congressman, Florida
Robert H. Johnson : state senator from Rock Springs, Wyoming ; University of Wyoming
Kurt Kelly : State Representative dist. 24 Florida; Florida State University
Jack Kemp : 1996 candidate for US Vice President; former US Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Tom Kindness : US Congressman, Ohio ; University of Maryland, College Park
Clarence D. Long : US Representative, 1963-1985
Mike Mansfield : US Senate Majority Leader, 1961-1977
Mel Martinez : US Senator, Florida; honorary initiate in Spring 1997, Eta Rho chapter; sponsored by ATO's former National President Bruce O'Donoghue to help Martinez further his political career; this special initiation helped him gain local office in Orange County, Florida, which he then used to catapult to national prominence
Larry McDonald : Georgia Congressman; killed on Korean Air Flight 007
Harry Mitchell : US Congressman, Arizona
Stephen C. O'Connell : Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967); President of the University of Florida (1967-1973)
John E. Porter : Congressman, Illinois
William J. Raggio : Nevada State Senator (Nevada-Reno )
Jim Santini : US Congressman, Nevada (Nevada-Reno )
Grant Sawyer : Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967 (Nevada-Reno )
Eric Simons : Jackson Township trustee
Alan K. Simpson : US Senator , Wyoming
Charles H. Smelser : former Maryland State Senator; University of Maryland, College Park
James C. Smith : former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State ; Florida State University
J. Christopher Stevens : former US Ambassador to Libya (June - September 2012); killed in the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi
James Stockdale : 1992 Independent vice-presidential nominee
John S. Tanner : US Congressman from Tennessee ; University of Tennessee
Religion
Science
Vannevar Bush : physicist; WWII advisor; architect of modern government science policy
Arthur Holly Compton : physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Karl Compton : physicist and influential science advisor in World War II ; President of MIT
Ferid Murad : physician and pharmacologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998, for discovering the crucial role of nitric oxide in human physiology
Trey T. Crump: Mathematician and Electrical Engineer; Conducted notable work in the field of Chaos Theory, Electrical Currents, Partial DiffEQs, Binary Combinations. 2012 - Present. Due to his suffering of long term narcolepsy *retired from Chaos Theory in 2014 to pursue other areas of interest, but has recently re entered the highly competitive field of computational Microsoft Excel^ Part of Microsoft's suite of tools in the Microsoft office 2016
Sports
John Ayers : NFL football player, 1977–1987
Dom Capers : defensive coordinator, Green Bay Packers ; former NFL head coach
Chris Capuano : MLB pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Bud Collins : tennis announcer, author
Cris Collinsworth : former NFL wide receiver, sports anchor
Lee Corso : sports commentator, football coach
Len Dawson : NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl IV MVP, sports anchor
Ted DiBiase : "The Million Dollar Man"; former WWF wrestler
Terry Funk : pro wrestler
Mike Droese : "Duke The Dumpster"; former WWE wrestler
Joe Girardi : New York Yankees former manager and catcher; former Florida Marlins manager
Steve Gleason : NFL football player, 2000-2008
Lucas Glover : Clemson University; PGA Tour golfer; winner of the 2009 US Open
Curt Gowdy : sports broadcaster for five decades; seven Super Bowls and 14 World Series
Lou Groza : NFL Hall of Famer
Joe B. Hall : former head basketball coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats (1978 National Champions)
Bill Ireland : University of Nevada; Las Vegas Baseball Coach 1960-1967; UNLV's first Athletic Director; the "father of UNLV athletics" (Nevada-Reno )
Keith Jackson : sports commentator, ABC
Tommy John : Major League baseball pitcher; four-time All Star team; initiated in 1964; Indiana State University
Ed Jucker : former head coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team; coached the team to two national championships in the 1960–61 and 1961-62 seasons
Ernie Koy : Texas Longhorns, 1963 National Champions; Pro Bowl running back for New York Giants
Joel McNulty : All Time Big Ten Conference men's track and field winner; two record-setting and one other win, 1952-1953
Magnum T.A. : "Terry Allen"; Former WWF pro wrestler
Curt Miller : head coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun
Jim Mora : former head coach of the New Orleans Saints
Victor Oladipo : NCAA 1st Team All-American for the Indiana Hoosiers
Rob Pannell : all-time NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse scoring leader at Cornell University
Roger Reina : former UPenn wrestling coach
Brandon Slay : gold medalist at Sydney Olympics in wrestling
Steve Spurrier : head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks; Heisman Trophy winner 1966 at University of Florida; former Florida head coach; 1996 National Championship
Brad Stevens : Head Coach of the Boston Celtics ; former Head Coach of Butler Bulldogs basketball team; DePauw University
Jason Szuminski : MLB baseball player (San Diego Padres) - 1st major league athlete drafted from MIT
Robby Thompson : second baseman for the San Francisco Giants , 1986-1996; winner of the Willie Mac Award in 1991
Jim Tressel : former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes (2002 National Champions)
Matt Valenti : two-time NCAA national champion wrestler
Chandler Worthy : WR for the Houston Texans, 2015–present
Jack Youngblood : NFL Hall of Fame
Derek Miles [3]
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