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This is a list of notable members of [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity.<ref name="facts">{{citation|title=Beta Theta Pi Quick Facts|url=http://www.betathetapi.org/dmdocuments/beta-quick-facts.pdf|archivedate=2009-02-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226013641/http://www.betathetapi.org/dmdocuments/beta-quick-facts.pdf|date=February 26, 2009}}</ref>

==Academia==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
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!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
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|[[Eckerd_College#Presidents|Peter H. Armacost]]||Denison 1957||President of [[Eckerd College]]
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|[[Thomas A. Bartlett]]||Willamette 1951||Rhodes Scholar; Former chancellor of the [[University of Alabama System]]
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|[[David Ross Boyd]]||Wooster 1878||First president of the [[University of Oklahoma]] and fifth president of the [[University of New Mexico]]
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|[[Paul Bragdon]]||Amherst 1950||President of [[Reed College]]
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|[[James S. Buchanan]]||Cumberland 1885||Fourth president of the University of Oklahoma
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|[[Thomas Courtice|Thomas P. Courtice]]||Ohio Wesleyan||Former president of [[Ohio Wesleyan University]]
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|[[Stanley Coulter]]||Hanover 1870||Former dean of [[Purdue University]]
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|[[John Crecine]]||Carnegie Mellon 1961||Former president of [[Georgia Tech]]
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|[[William Henry Danforth|William H. Danforth]]||Westminster 1948||Former chancellor of [[Washington University in St. Louis]]
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|[[James J. Duderstadt]]||Yale 1964||Former president of the [[University of Michigan]]
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|[[Joseph Dupuy Eggleston]]||Hampden-Sydney 1886||Former president of [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University|Virginia Tech]]
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|[[Robert F. Engle]]||Williams 1964||Nobel Prize winner; Currently co-director of the Volatility and Risk Institute at [[New York University Stern School of Business|NYU Stern]]
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|[[Robin Hugh Farquhar]]||British Columbia 1960||Former president of [[Carleton University]]
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|[[Carl Russell Fish]]||Harvard 1900||Former historian of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
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|[[Thomas P. Gerrity]]||MIT 1963||Former dean of the [[Wharton School of Business]]
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|[[William Pratt Graham]]||Syracuse 1903||Former chancellor of [[Syracuse University]]
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|[[Andrew Dousa Hepburn]]||Washington & Jefferson 1852||Former president of [[Miami University]]
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|[[Alexander Q. Holladay]]||Virginia 1859||Former president of [[North Carolina State University]]
|<ref>The Beta Theta Pi: Volume 23 (1895), p. 468</ref>
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|[[John S. Hougham]]||Wabash 1846||Former president of Purdue University
|<ref>[http://www.wabash.edu/alumni/docs/Class%20of%201995%20Late%20Dec%202005%20ltr.pdf Wabash College Archives, John S. Hougham Manuscript Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206212007/http://www.wabash.edu/alumni/docs/Class%20of%201995%20Late%20Dec%202005%20ltr.pdf |date=2012-02-06 }}. Retrieved September 27, 2007.</ref>
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|[[Alfred Hume]]||Vanderbilt||Former chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]]
|<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/civil_eng/history.html |title=University of Mississippi • School of Engineering |publisher=Olemiss.edu |date= |accessdate=2014-05-29 |archive-date=2009-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418194403/http://olemiss.edu/depts/civil_eng/history.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[Charles Keeler]]||UC Berkeley 1893||Former director of the [[California Academy of Sciences]]
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|[[Deane Waldo Malott]]||Kansas 1921||Former chancellor of the University of Kansas and president of [[Cornell University]]
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|[[William Alexander Parsons Martin]]||Indiana 1846||Former president of the [[Tongwenguan]] and the [[Imperial University of Peking]]
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|[[David T. McLaughlin]]||Dartmouth 1954||Former president of [[Dartmouth College]]
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|[[Dale T. Mortensen]]||Willamette 1961||Nobel Prize winner; Former co-founding editor of the ''Review of Economic Dynamics''
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|[[Franklin David Murphy]]||Kansas 1936||Former chancellor of the [[University of Kansas]] and [[UCLA]]
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|[[James Kennedy Patterson]]||Hanover 1856||First president of the [[University of Kentucky]]
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|[[Steven Sample]]||Illinois 1958||Former president of the [[University of Southern California]]
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|[[James M. Sellers]]||Chicago 1917||Former president of [[Wentworth Military Academy]]
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|[[Charles N. Sims]]||DePauw 1859||Former chancellor of Syracuse University
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|[[Edgar F. Shannon Jr.]]||Washington and Lee 1939||Former president of the [[University of Virginia]]
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|[[David Stanton Tappan]]||Miami 1864||Former president of Miami University
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|[[George H. Whipple]]||Yale 1905||Nobel Prize winner; Founding dean of [[University of Rochester Medical Center|URMC]]
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|[[Timothy M. Wolfe]]||Missouri 1980||Former president of the [[University of Missouri System]]
|<ref name="visits">{{cite web |title= New UM President Timothy Wolfe visits UMKC |work= University of Missouri-Kansas City |format= press release |date= December 14, 2011 |url= http://www.umkc.edu/news/announcements/UMSystemPresident_UMKC.asp |access-date= November 9, 2015 |archive-date= November 13, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151113025536/http://www.umkc.edu/news/announcements/UMSystemPresident_UMKC.asp |url-status= live }}</ref>
|}

==Art==
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!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
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|[[George Bellows]]
|Ohio State 1905
|[[American realism|Realist painter]] considered one of the most acclaimed artist of his generation
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|[[Bernard Berenson]]
|Boston / Harvard 1887
|Art historian 
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|[[Barry Bishop (mountaineer)|Barry Bishop]]
|Cincinnati 1951
|Photographer for ''[[National Geographic]]''
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|[[Douglas Cramer]]
|Cincinnati 1953
|Leading collector of contemporary art and co-founder of the [[Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art]]
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|[[Jay Norwood Darling]]
|Beloit 1899
|Cartoonist who won two [[Pulitzer Prizes]] and founder of the [[National Wildlife Federation]]
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==Astronauts==
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File:Paul Weitz.jpg|Captain Paul Weitz <br /> Pilot on Skylab 2, Commander on STS-6, <br /> Penn State
File:JosephAllen.jpg|Joseph P. Allen <br /> Mission Specialist on STS-5, STS-51-A <br /> Depauw
File:Kenneth Cameron.jpg|Colonel Ken Cameron <br />Pilot on STS-37, <br /> Commander on STS-56, STS-74, <br /> MIT
File:Bill Nelson, official NASA photo.jpg|Senator Bill Nelson <br /> Mission Specialist on STS-61-C, <br /> Florida/Yale
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
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!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
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|[[Joseph P. Allen]]||DePauw 1959||Former astronaut; Space Flight Executive; Senior Scientist Astronaut; Mission Specialist for [[STS-5]] mission aboard Columbia and [[STS-51A]] mission aboard Discovery
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|[[Kenneth D. Cameron]]||MIT 1971||Management astronaut; [[naval aviator]]-astronaut; Colonel, [[USMC]] (Ret.); pilot for [[STS-37]] mission aboard ''Atlantis'' (STS-37); commander for [[STS-56]] mission aboard ''Discovery'' and STS-74 mission aboard ''Atlantis''; currently deputy director for safety, NASA Engineering & Safety Center, [[Langley Research Center]], Virginia
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|[[Bill Nelson (politician)|Bill Nelson]]||Florida 1964 (1961–63) / Yale 1965 (1963–65)||Former US Congressman (D-FL), former senior [[US Senator]] from Florida (D-FL); not a professional career astronaut, but while a US congressman representing the congressional district including [[Kennedy Space Center]], flew as a payload specialist on Columbia ([[STS-61C]]); the second sitting member of the US Congress to fly in space as part of a NASA initiative prior to the Challenger (STS-51L) disaster
|<ref name="facts"/><ref>{{cite web |date=1942-09-29 |title=Payload Specialist Astronaut Bio: Bill Nelson (7/2008) |url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nelson-b.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717002728/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nelson-b.html |archive-date=2015-07-17 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Jsc.nasa.gov}}</ref>
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|[[Paul J. Weitz]]||Penn State 1954||Former astronaut; [[naval aviator]]-astronaut; [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]], [[USN]] (Ret.); pilot, Apollo-[[Skylab]] 2 (SL-2); commander for [[STS-6]] mission aboard ''Challenger''; former deputy director, [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]
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==Business==
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File:Sam-Walton.jpg|[[Sam Walton]] <br /> Founder of Wal-Mart, <br />Missouri
File:Charles Koch portrait (cropped).jpg|[[Charles Koch]] <br /> Chairman/CEO of Koch Industries,<br /> MIT
File:Sam Palmisano by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[Sam Palmisano]] Chairman/CEO of IBM, Johns Hopkins
File:Steven Rales.jpg|[[Steven Rales]] <br /> Co-founder of Danaher Corporation, <br />Depauw
File:Donald E Petersen portrait painting by Michele Rushworth.jpg|[[Donald Petersen]] <br /> CEO of Ford Motor Company, <br />Washington
File:Frank Shrontz (1975).png|[[Frank Shrontz]] <br /> Chairman/CEO of the Boeing Company, <br /> Idaho
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
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!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
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|[[Joe M. Allbaugh]]||Oklahoma State 1974||Founder of the Allbaugh Company; Director of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) when in Federal government service
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|[[John E. Anderson|John Edward Anderson]]||UCLA 1940||Founder of Topa Equities, Ltd.; namesake of [[UCLA Anderson School of Management]]
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|[[Stephen David Bechtel, Sr.]]||California 1923||Chairman and CEO of the [[Bechtel Group]]
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|[[Bill Bowerman]]||Oregon 1933||Founder of [[Nike, Inc.|Nike, Inc]].
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|[[Donald Bren]]||Washington 1955||Billionaire; owner of [[The Irvine Company]]
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|[[Dan Carney]]||Wichita State 1953||Co-founder of [[Pizza Hut]]
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|Douglas Clayton||Cornell 1982||CEO of [[Leopard Capital]]
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|[[Arthur D. Collins Jr.]]||Miami 1969||CEO of [[Medtronic]] 2002–2008
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|[[William Cook (entrepreneur)|William Cook]]||Northwestern 1953||Billionaire; founder of the [[Cook Group]]
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|[[David Coulter (banker)|David Coulter]]||Carnegie Mellon 1971||Former chairman and chief executive officer of [[Bankamerica Corporation|BankAmerica Corporation]]
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|[[Ernest Kent Coulter]]
|Ohio State 1892
|Founder, [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America]]
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|[[Justin Whitlock Dart Sr.|Justin Dart]]||Northwestern 1929||Founder of [[Dart Industries]]
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|[[Chris DeWolfe]]||Washington 1988||CEO of [[Myspace.com]]
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|[[David Duffield]]||Cornell 1962||President and CEO of [[PeopleSoft]] Inc.
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|[[William Esrey]]||Denison 1961||President and CEO of [[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]]
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|[[Weldon B. Gibson]]||Washington State University 1938||Executive at [[SRI International]]
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|[[Joel Hyatt]]||Dartmouth 1972||Founder of [[Hyatt Legal Services]]
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|[[Edgar Kaiser, Jr|Edgar Kaiser]]||Stanford 1965||Chairman of the [[Bank of British Columbia]]
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|[[Shahid Khan]]||Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 1971||Owner of Illinois auto parts company Flex-N-Gate; owner of the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]
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|[[Charles G. Koch]]||MIT 1957||Chairman and CEO of [[Koch Industries]]
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|[[Alan Ladd Jr.]]||Southern California||Former president of [[United Artists]] and MGM/UA entertainment
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|[[Samuel Laws]]||Miami University 1848||Inventor of the [[ticker tape machine]]
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|[[Kenneth Lay]]||[[Zeta Phi|Missouri]] 1967||Former chairman and CEO of [[Enron]]; indicted/convicted on charges related to Enron's financial collapse
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|[[R. Conrad Leslie]]||Miami University 1949||World renowned crop analyst
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|[[Alexander F. Mathews]]||Virginia 1856||Early [[West Virginia]] banker<ref name="Brown">Brown, James T. (1917).  J. T. Brown, 1917 p798 [https://books.google.com/books?id=KGs4AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22alexander+ferdinand+mathews%22&pg=PR407 Catalogue of Beta theta pi.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708061611/http://books.google.com/books?id=KGs4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR407&dq=%22alexander+ferdinand+mathews%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3I56UcWSHNXA4APPw4GgDg&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20ferdinand%20mathews%22&f=false|date=2014-07-08}} Retrieved April 26, 2013.</ref>
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|[[Hugh McColl]]||North Carolina 1957||Chairman and CEO of [[Bank of America]]
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|[[Steve Miller (business)|Steve Miller]]||Southern California 1966||President of [[Dean Witter Reynolds]]
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|[[J. C. Nichols]]||Kansas 1902||Real estate
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|[[Daniel Ninivaggi]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia Spectator 20 February 1985 — Columbia Spectator |url=https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19850220-01.2.8&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Dan+ninivaggi------ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817213709/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19850220-01.2.8&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Dan+ninivaggi------ |archive-date=2022-08-17 |access-date=2021-09-04 |website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu}}</ref>||Columbia 1986||CEO of [[Lordstown Motors]] and chairman of [[Garrett Motion]], former CEO of [[Icahn Enterprises]] and [[Federal-Mogul]]
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|[[Bruce Nordstrom]]||Washington 1955||Former chairman and CEO of [[Nordstrom]]
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|[[John Opel]]||Westminster 1948||Former president of IBM
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|[[Sam Palmisano]]||Johns Hopkins 1973||CEO of [[IBM]]
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|[[John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)|John H. Patterson]]||Miami University 1867||Founder of [[National Cash Register]]
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|[[William Pennington]]||UC Berkeley 1945||Co-founder of Circus Circus Casino
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|[[Donald Petersen]]||Washington 1946||Former CEO of the [[Ford Motor Company]]
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|[[Marvin Pierce]]||Miami University 1916||President of the [[McCall Corporation]]; father of [[Barbara Bush]]
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|[[Mitchell Rales]]||Miami University 1978||Billionaire; co-founder of [[Danaher Corporation]]
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|[[Steven Rales]]||DePauw 1973||Billionaire; co-founder of Danaher
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|[[Steven Rogel]]||Washington 1965||CEO of the [[Weyerhaeuser Company]]
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|[[Frank Shrontz]]||Idaho 1954||Past Chairman and CEO of [[The Boeing Company]]
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|[[Jeffrey Skilling]]||Southern Methodist 1975||Former CEO of [[Enron]]; indicted/convicted on charges related to Enron's financial collapse
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|[[Kenneth A. Spencer]]||Kansas 1921||Founder, President, and CEO of Spencer Chemical Company
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|[[Robert K. Steel]]||Duke 1973||Former president and CEO of [[Wachovia]]
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|[[G. Kennedy Thompson]]||North Carolina 1973||CEO of Wachovia, 2000–2008; board member of [[Hewlett-Packard]]
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|[[Sam Walton]]||[[Zeta Phi|Missouri]] 1940||Founder of [[Wal-Mart]]
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|[[Fred Wilson (financier)|Fred Wilson]]||MIT 1983||Venture capitalist and prominent blogger
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|[[Thornton Wilson]]||Iowa State 1942||Chairman emeritus of the [[Boeing Co.|Boeing Co]].
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|[[John D. Zeglis]]||[[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] 1969||Former chairman and CEO of [[AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.|AT&T Wireless]]<ref name="John D. Zeglis">{{cite web |date= |title=college |url=http://www.business.uiuc.edu/insight/summer99/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614142104/http://www.business.uiuc.edu/insight/summer99/ |archive-date=2010-06-14 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Business.uiuc.edu}}</ref>
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==Entertainment==
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File:James Arness Matt Dillon Gunsmoke 1974.JPG|James Arness<br /> Actor ''Gunsmoke''<br />Beloit
File:George bellows.jpg|George Bellows<br />Artist<br />Ohio State
File:George Peppard (1964).jpg|George Peppard<br /> Actor ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' and ''The A-Team''<br />Purdue
File:Adam West Anita Sands Robert Taylors Detectives 1961.JPG|Adam West<br />Actor ''Batman'' and ''Family Guy''<br />Whitman
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
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!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
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|[[James Arness]]||Beloit 1946||Actor known for portraying [[Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)|Matt Dillon]] in the TV series ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
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|[[Bix Beiderbecke]]||Iowa (pledged 1925, not initiated)||Jazz musician
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|[[Steve Bellamy]]||Indiana University 1986||Entrepreneur in sports and entertainment known for founding several niche cable TV networks
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|[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]||Texas 1917||Actor known for playing Victor Moritz in ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''
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|[[Jackson Bostwick]]||Alabama 1965||Actor known for portraying Captain Marvel in the TV series ''[[Shazam! (TV series)|Shazam!]]''<ref>{{Citation |title=Shazam! |date=1974-09-07 |type=Action, Family, Fantasy |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071050/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531145317/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071050/ |archive-date=2022-05-31 |url-status=live |publisher=Filmation Associates}}</ref>
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|[[Kyle Brandt]]||Princeton 2001||TV host, media personality, and actor
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|[[Thom Brennaman]]||Ohio 1986||TV sportscaster
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|[[Phil Brown (actor)|Phil Brown]]||Stanford 1937||Actor known for his role as [[Luke Skywalker]]'s uncle, [[List of Star Wars characters#Owen Lars|Owen Lars]], in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''
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|[[Robert Butler (director)|Robert Butler]]||UCLA 1950||Emmy Award-winning TV director
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|[[Jay Chandrasekhar]]||Colgate 1990||Actor known for ''[[Super Troopers]]'' and a member of the comedy troupe [[Broken Lizard]]
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|[[Lloyd Corrigan]]||UC Berkeley 1922||Actor who appeared in more than 90 films, including ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''
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|[[John Doman]]||Pennsylvania 1966||Actor known for playing [[William Rawls]] in the TV series ''[[The Wire]]''
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|[[Bergen Evans]]||Miami 1924||[[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes scholar]] and TV personality who won a [[Peabody Award]] for excellence in broadcasting
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|[[Neil Everett]]||Willamette / Oregon 1984||Anchor of ''[[SportsCenter]]''
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|[[Chet Forte]]||Columbia 1957||TV director known for ''[[Monday Night Football]]''
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|[[Pat Green]]||Texas Tech 1995||Country music artist
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|[[Cary Guffey]]||Florida 1994||Actor known for ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
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|[[Leigh Harline]]||Utah 1929||Film composer and songwriter; won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] in 1940 for "[[When You Wish Upon a Star]]"
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|[[Kevin Heffernan (comedian)|Kevin Heffernan]]||Colgate||Actor known for ''[[Super Troopers]]'' and a member of the comedy troupe [[Broken Lizard]]
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|[[Horace Heidt]]||UC Berkeley 1924||Pianist, [[big band]] leader, and radio and TV personality
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|[[Foster Hewitt]]||Toronto 1925||Radio broadcaster known for ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''
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|[[Griffin House (musician)|Griffin House]]||Miami 2002||Singer-songwriter
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|[[Chuck Howard]]||Duke 1955||[[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]-winning producer known for ''[[Wide World of Sports (American TV program)|Wide World of Sports]]''; member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame
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|[[Sidney Howard]]||UC Berkeley 1912||Playwright and screenwriter; received a [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] in 1925 for ''[[They Knew What They Wanted (play)|They Knew What They Wanted]]'' and a posthumous [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] in 1939 for ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''
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|[[Jeffrey Jones]]||Lawrence 1968||Actor known for ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''
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|[[Richard Karn]]||Washington 1978||Actor known for ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
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|[[Burt Kwouk]]||Bowdoin 1953||Actor known for his role as Cato in ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' film series
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|[[Steve Lemme]]||Colgate||Actor known for ''[[Super Troopers]]'' and a member of the comedy troupe [[Broken Lizard]]
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|[[Daniel Lindsay]]||Missouri 2001||Filmmaker known for the Oscar-winning sports documentary ''[[Undefeated (2011 film)|Undefeated]]''
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|[[David Lloyd (sportscaster)|David Lloyd]]||Colgate 1983||Anchor for ''[[SportsCenter]]''
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|[[Pare Lorentz]]||West Virginia 1926||Filmmaker considered to be the father of the modern documentary
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|[[David Martin (journalist)|David Martin]]||Yale 1965||TV correspondent, journalist, and author for [[CBS News]]
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|[[Walter Massey (actor)|Walter Massey]]||MIT 1951||Actor known for ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' and the English version of ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]''
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|[[Les Mayfield]]||Southern California 1982||Film director known for ''[[Encino Man]]'' and ''[[Blue Streak (film)|Blue Streak]]''
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|[[Max Morath]]||Colorado College 1947||Ragtime pianist
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|[[Edward P. Morgan]]||Whitman 1932||Broadcast journalist for ABC, CBS, and PBS; [[Peabody Award]] winner in 1956
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|[[William R. Moses]]||Wesleyan 1982||Actor known for the 1980s prime-time soap opera ''[[Falcon Crest]]''
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|[[Kenyon Nicholson]]||Wabash 1917||Playwright and screenwriter 
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|[[Lance Norris]]||Whitman 1984||Actor and writer
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|[[Frank Pacelli]]||Illinois 1948||[[Emmy Award]]-winning director known for ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
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|[[George Peppard]]||Purdue 1952||Actor known for ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' and the TV series ''[[The A-Team]]''
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|[[Robert Pine]]||Ohio Wesleyan 1963||Actor known for the TV series ''[[CHiPs]]''
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|[[Robert Reed]]||Northwestern 1954||Actor known for portraying [[Mike Brady (The Brady Bunch)|Mike Brady]] in the TV series ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''
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|[[David Richmond-Peck]]||Western Ontario 1996||Actor who has appeared in over 70 film and TV roles, including ''[[She's The Man]]'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
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|[[Rivers Rutherford]]||Mississippi 1989||Country music songwriter who has composed several number one hits, including "[[Ain't Nothing 'bout You]]" by [[Brooks & Dunn]]
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|[[Steve Sholes]]||Rutgers 1933||Recording executive and member of the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]]
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|[[Jeremy Slate]]||St. Lawrence 1952||Actor known for ''[[The Sons of Katie Elder]]'', the TV series ''[[The Aquanauts]]'', and the [[soap opera]] ''[[One Life to Live]]''
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|[[Stephen Sondheim]]||Williams 1950||Composer and lyricist known for ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' and ''[[West Side Story]]''
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|[[Paul Soter]]||Colgate||Actor known for ''[[Super Troopers]]'' and a member of the comedy troupe [[Broken Lizard]]
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|[[Erik Stolhanske]]||Colgate 1991||Actor known for ''[[Super Troopers]]'' and a member of the comedy troupe [[Broken Lizard]]
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|[[Jess Thomas]]||Nebraska 1948||Operatic tenor known for singing [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] compositions
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|[[Erland Van Lidth De Jeude]]||MIT 1976||Actor known for ''[[The Wanderers (1979 film)|The Wanderers]]'' and ''[[Stir Crazy (film)|Stir Crazy]]''
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|[[Doodles Weaver]]||Stanford 1937||[[Character actor]], comedian, and musician who hosted the variety TV show ''The Doodles Weaver Show''
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|[[Robb Weller]]||Washington 1972||TV personality and game show host known for ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' and ''[[Win, Lose or Draw]]''
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|[[Adam West]]||Whitman 1951||Actor known for ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]''
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|[[Brian J. White]]||Dartmouth||Actor known for ''[[Stomp the Yard]]''
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|[[Christopher Woodrow]]||Alabama 1999||Hollywood movie producer known for ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman]]'', ''[[Black Mass (film)|Black Mass]]'', and ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]''
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|[[Paul Worley]]||Vanderbilt 1972||Record producer who discovered the [[Dixie Chicks]] and produced the [[Grammy Award for Best Country Album|Grammy Award]]-winning album ''[[Own the Night]]'' for [[Lady A]]ntebellum
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==Law==
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! Name
! Chapter and year
! Notability
!References
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|[[David Josiah Brewer]]
|Wesleyan 1955
|Former US Supreme Court Justice
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|[[Willis Van Devanter]]
|DePauw 1881
|Former US Supreme Court Justice
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|[[Charles Douglas III]]
|Wesleyan 1964
|Former US Representative from New Hampshire and [[New Hampshire Supreme Court]] Associate Justice
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|[[William O. Douglas]]
|Whitman 1920
|Former US Supreme Court Justice
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|[[Fred Gause]]
|Indiana 1900
|Former Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
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|[[Charles H. Haden II]]
|Oklahoma 1956
|Former US Federal Judge
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|[[John Marshall Harlan]]
|Centre 1850
|Former US Supreme Court Justice
|<ref name="facts"/>
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|[[Frank Hogan|Frank Smithwick Hogan]]
|[[Columbia University|Columbia]] 1924
|Former [[New York County District Attorney]]
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|[[Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr.]]
|Missouri 1951
|Former Judge on the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri|US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri]] and President of the Missouri Bar Association
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|[[Horace Lurton]]
|Cumberland 1867
|Former US Supreme Court Justice
|<ref name="facts"/>
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|[[Samuel Taylor Marshall]]
|Ohio 1839
|Former Attorney and Co-Founder of Beta Theta Pi
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|[[Ralph O. Olson]]
|Carleton 1922
|Former Washington Supreme Court justice
|<ref name="Johnson 2015">{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=L.E. |title=Betas of Achievement II |date=2015 |publisher=Beta Theta Pi Foundation |page=266 |url=https://issuu.com/betathetapiao/docs/betas_of_achievement_ii_-_johnson__with_digital_co/1 |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
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|[[John Sopinka]]
|Toronto 1958
|Former Puisne Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
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|[[Edwin K. Steers]]
|Indiana 1937
|Former Indiana Attorney General
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|[[Kimbrough Stone]]
|Missouri 1895
|Former Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|US Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit]]
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|[[Ralph G. Thompson]]
|Oklahoma 1956
|Former US Federal Judge
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|[[Hosea Townsend]]
|Western Reserve 1864
|Former US Representative from Colorado
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|[[William B. Woods]]
|Western Reserve 1841
|Former US Supreme Court Justice
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|[[Wendell Wyatt]]
|Oregon 1939
|Former US Representative from Oregon
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|}

==Literature and journalism==
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File:J. N. Darling profile with pipe.jpg|Ding Darling<br />Pulitzer Prize Winner<br />Beloit
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
!Name
!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Bert Andrews (journalist)|Bert Andrews]]||Stanford 1925||[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]-based reporter for the ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]'' who won a [[Pulitzer Prize]]
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|[[James O'Donnell Bennett]]
|Michigan 1893
|Journalist known for writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and the ''[[Chicago Record-Herald]]''
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|[[Main Bocher]]
|Chicago 1911
|Fashion designer and editor-in-chief of the French edition of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''
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|[[Percy Jewett Burrell]]
|Boston 1897
|Dramatist and playwright
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|-
|[[Byron Calame]]
|Missouri 1961
|Journalist and deputy managing editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''
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|[[Dick Durrell]]
|Minnesota 1950
|Former publisher of ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine
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|-
|[[Howard Fineman]]
|Colgate 1970
|Journalist and TV commentator; global editorial director of the [[Huffington Post|AOL Huffington Post Media Group]]
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|-
|[[George Helgesen Fitch]]
|Knox College 1897
|Author and journalist
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|-
|[[Sam Walter Foss]]
|Brown 1882
|Poet known for ''The House by the Side of the Road'' and ''The Coming American''
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|[[David Hirshey]]
|Dickinson 1971
|Book editor who served as senior vice president and executive editor of [[HarperCollins]]
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|-
|[[Richard Hooker (author)|Richard Hooker]]
|Bowdoin 1945
|Writer and surgeon known for his novel ''[[MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors|MASH]]''
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|-
|[[L. D. Hotchkiss]]
|Iowa Wesleyan / Iowa 1916
|Newspaper journalist who served as editor-in-chief of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
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|-
|[[Kermit Hunter]]
|Ohio 1931
|Author and playwright
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|-
|[[Russell Janney]]
|Yale 1906
|Theatrical producer and author known for his 1946 best-selling novel ''The Miracle of the Bells'', which was made into a [[The Miracle of the Bells|film of the same name]] in 1948<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |date=15 July 1963 |title=Russell Janney, Stage Producer; Sponsor and Co-Author of Vagabond King Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/07/15/archives/russell-janney-stage-producer-sponsor-and-coauthor-of-vagabond-king.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722190849/https://www.nytimes.com/1963/07/15/archives/russell-janney-stage-producer-sponsor-and-coauthor-of-vagabond-king.html |archive-date=2018-07-22 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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|[[Ken Kesey]]
|Oregon 1957
|Author known for his 1962 novel ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'', which was made into an [[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|Academy Award-winning film of the same name]] in 1975
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|[[Laird Koenig]]
|Washington 1949
|Author known for his 1974 novel ''[[The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (novel)|The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Houston |first=Levin |date=February 16, 1974 |title=A story of an adjustment |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rqQRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6227,2129629 |accessdate=September 27, 2010 |work=Free-Lance Star |page=12}}</ref> which was made into a [[The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane|film of the same name]] in 1976.
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|[[David Lamb (journalist)|David Lamb]]
|Maine 1962
|Writer who traveled the world for 25 years as a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' correspondent<ref>[http://www.betathetapi.org/documents/news/winter2006.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2014}}</ref>
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|-
|[[Charles Wesley Leffingwell]]
|Knox
|Author who served as editor of ''[[The Living Church]]'' magazine
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|-
|[[Norman Fitzroy Maclean]]
|Dartmouth 1924
|Author known for his 1976 novel ''[[A River Runs Through It (novel)|A River Runs Through It]]'', which was made into an [[A River Runs Through It (film)|Academy Award-winning film of the same name]] in 1992
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|-
|[[Karl Marlantes]]
|Yale 1967
|Author known for the novel ''[[Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War]]''
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|-
|[[Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard]]
|Missouri 1888
|Journalist and newspaper editor; founder of the ''China Weekly Review'' and author of seven influential books on the Far East<ref name="French, 30">French, 30.</ref>
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|-
|[[Harry Allen Overstreet]]
|California 1899
|Writer and author of known for the best-selling book ''The Mature Mind''
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|-
|[[Albert Shaw (journalist)|Albert Shaw]]
|Johns Hopkins 1884
|Journalist who was the founder and editor of ''[[Review of Reviews#The American Review of Reviews|The American Review of Reviews]]''
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|-
|[[Bob Thomas (reporter)|Bob Thomas]]
|UCLA 1943
|Hollywood reporter for the [[Associated Press]]
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|-
|[[Frederick N. Ward]]
|Florida 1957
|Photojournalist
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|[[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]]
|Texas 1963
|New York City-based playwright, [[Obie Award]] winner for direction, and [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production|Olivier Award]] winner for Best New Opera
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|[[John Sergeant Wise]]
|Virginia 1867
|Author of ''The End of an Era''
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|}

==Military==
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File:David C Waybur.jpg| Lieutenant <br /> David Waybur <br /> [[Medal of Honor]] Recipient, <br />  UC Berkeley
File:John Coburn congressman.jpg|Brigadier General <br /> John Coburn <br /> [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]], <br /> Wabash
File:Graves TC.jpg| Lieutenant <br /> Terrence Graves <br /> Medal of Honor Recipient, <br /> Miami
File:Omar Bundy.jpg|Major General <br />Omar Bundy <br /> [[Legion of Honour]] Recipient, <br /> Depauw
File:History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration, (1904) (14804406853).jpg| Colonel Matt Quay <br />[[Medal of Honor]] Recipient, <br /> [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]], <br /> Washington and Jefferson
File:Thomas B McGuire.jpg| Major <br />Thomas McGuire <br /> Medal of Honor Recipient, <br /> Georgia Tech
File:Letterman.jpg|Major <br /> Jonathan Letterman <br /> Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac, <br /> Washington and Jefferson
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
!Name
!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
|-
|Jerry M. Blesch||Centre 1960 <br />(1956–58) / <br />[[US Naval Academy]] 1962 (1958–62)||[[Captain (United States)|Captain]], [[US Navy]] (Ret.); [[surface warfare officer]]; [[commanding officer]] of guided missile frigate {{USS|Richard L. Page|FFG-5}}; commanding officer of destroyer tender {{USS|Puget Sound|AD-38}}; commander of [[Destroyer squadron|Destroyer Squadron 25]]; (e.g., [[Commodore (United States)|commodore]] of COMDESRON 25), to include acting as on scene commander of US military forces following the Soviet shootdown of [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]]; commanding officer of battleship [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|USS ''Wisconsin'' (BB-64)]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Commanding Officers |url=http://www.usswisconsin.org/General/commanding_officers.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723205702/http://www.usswisconsin.org/General/commanding_officers.htm |archivedate=2011-07-23 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Usswisconsin.org}}</ref> following retirement from the U.S. Navy, served as general secretary of Beta Theta Pi;<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Centre College – 1996_JerryBlesch1960 |url=http://www.centrelinkonline.com/s/285/index.aspx?sid=285&gid=1&pgid=552 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016165519/http://www.centrelinkonline.com/s/285/index.aspx?sid=285&gid=1&pgid=552 |archive-date=2014-10-16 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Centrelinkonline.com}}</ref> namesake of the fraternity's Jerry M. Blesch General Secretary Leadership Award
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|George M. Browning Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lieutenant General George M. Browning Jr |url=http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/107599/lieutenant-general-george-m-browning-jr.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111080332/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/107599/lieutenant-general-george-m-browning-jr.aspx |archive-date=2015-01-11 |access-date=2016-09-20}}</ref>||UCLA 1952||[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], [[US Air Force]] (Ret.); [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|Command Pilot]]; fighter pilot ([[F-86 Sabre]], [[F-102 Delta Dagger]], [[F-4 Phantom II]]); commander, [[26th Information Operations Wing|26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing]]; Comptroller of the Air Force
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|[[Omar Bundy]]||DePauw 1881||[[Major general (United States)|Major General]], [[US Army]] (Ret.), initiated counter-attack that saved Paris from impending capture by the Germans in World War I; namesake of {{USS|General Omar Bundy|AP-152}}
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|-
|[[Kenneth D. Cameron]]||MIT 1971||[[Colonel]], [[US Marine Corps]] (Ret.), [[naval aviator]]-[[astronaut]]; currently a [[NASA]] management astronaut; pilot for [[STS-37]] mission aboard [[Space Shuttle Program|space shuttle]] Atlantis; commander for [[STS-56]] mission aboard ''Discovery'' and [[STS-74]] mission aboard ''Atlantis''; currently deputy director for safety, NASA Engineering & Safety Center, [[Langley Research Center]], Virginia (also see "Astronauts" section)
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|-
|[[John Coburn (Indiana politician)|John Coburn]]||Wabash 1846||[[Brigadier General]], [[Union Army]]; during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], led the first Union Army troops into the city of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] during the [[Battle of Atlanta]]; founder of the Wabash College Chapter
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|Donald L. Cromer||Washington State 1958 (1954–55) / <br />[[US Naval Academy]] 1959 (1955–59)||[[Lieutenant General]], [[US Air Force]] (Ret.), [[Missile Badge|Master Missile Operations Officer]]; [[Space and Missile Badge|Master Space Operations Officer]]; Commander of Space Systems Division, [[Air Force Systems Command]]; 2010 recipient of Beta Theta Pi's Oxford Cup<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=LIEUTENANT GENERAL DONALD L. CROMER > US Air Force > Biography Display |url=http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/107321/lieutenant-general-donald-l-cromer.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131111545/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/107321/lieutenant-general-donald-l-cromer.aspx |archive-date=2016-01-31 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Af.mil}}</ref><ref>Beta Theta Pi Magazine, Vol 138, No. 1, Winter 2011, p.18</ref>
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|[[Enoch Crowder]]||Missouri 1887 / [[United States Military Academy|US Military Academy]] 1881||Major General, US Army; [[Judge Advocate General of the United States Army|Judge Advocate General]] of the US Army; US Army [[United States Army Provost Marshal General|Provost Marshall General]]; oversaw the drafting and administration of the [[Selective Service Act of 1917]]; US Ambassador to Cuba
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|[[Mark Divine]]||Colgate 1985||[[Commander]], [[US Navy]] (Ret.), Special Warfare ([[SEAL]]) Officer; founder of NavySEALs.com and SEAL FIT
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|John Perry Edwards||Kansas 1939||[[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]], [[US Naval Reserve]], [[Naval Aviator]], awarded [[Navy Cross]] for valor during the 1941 [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]].<ref>{{cite web |author=John Perry Edwards |date=1941-12-07 |title=Valor awards for John Perry Edwards |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/20386 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013243/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=20386 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |access-date=2014-05-29 |publisher=Projects.militarytimes.com}}</ref>
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|[[Eric Erickson (spy)|Eric Erickson]]||Cornell 1921||Technically not a member of the US armed forces, but as a Swedish national served as an intelligence agent for the US [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during World War II; provided key information that led to the aerial bombing of Nazi oil fields by [[USAAF]] and [[RAF]] aircraft
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|[[George Benson Fox]]||Ohio Wesleyan 1861||Major, US Army [[75th Ohio Infantry Regiment|75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry]] - [[American Civil War]]. Later American businessman and member [[Ohio General Assembly]]
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|Gerald E. Gneckow||Idaho 1960||[[Rear Admiral]], [[US Navy]] (Ret.); [[surface warfare officer]]; commanding officer of guided missile destroyer {{USS|John S. McCain|DDG-36}}; commanding officer of guided missile cruiser {{USS|Richmond K. Turner|CG-20}}; commanding officer of battleship {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}};commander of [[U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command|US Naval Forces South]]<ref>{{cite web |date=1938-06-28 |title=Gerald E. Gneckow |url=http://www.usswaddell.com/history/ddg24/XOs/gneckow.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201621/http://www.usswaddell.com/history/ddg24/XOs/gneckow.html |archive-date=2013-10-29 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Usswaddell.com}}</ref>
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|[[John Brown Gordon]]||Georgia 1854||Major General, [[Confederate States Army]]; US Senator; Governor of Georgia
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|-
|[[Terrence C. Graves]]||Miami 1967||[[2nd Lieutenant]], [[US Marine Corps]], infantry officer, 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company; [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (posthumous) during [[Vietnam War]]
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|Dudley Jackson Hard||Wooster 1893||[[Major general (United States)|Major General]], [[US Army]] ([[Ohio Army National Guard]]); left private business to enlist as a [[Private (rank)|private]] during the [[Spanish–American War]]; was later commissioned as an officer, commanded the 135th Field Artillery as a [[colonel]] during [[World War I]]; retired in 1936 as a [[major general]] commanding the 37th Division of the [[Ohio National Guard]]; became the first county commander of the [[American Legion]] in Ohio<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: HARD, GEN. DUDLEY JACKSON |url=http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=HGDJ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215020337/http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=HGDJ |archive-date=2013-12-15 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Ech.case.edu}}</ref>
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|-
|James Wallace Haverfield||Ohio State 1939||Ensign, [[US Naval Reserve]]; killed aboard the battleship {{USS|Arizona|BB-39}} during the 1941 [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]; namesake of {{USS|Haverfield|DE-393}} / (DER-393)
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|[[Joe W. Kelly]]||DePauw 1931 <br />(1927–1928) / <br />[[US Military Academy]] 1932 (1928–32)||[[General]], [[US Air Force]] (Ret.); [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|Command Pilot]]; [[B-26 Marauder]] bomber pilot and Commander of [[386th Air Expeditionary Wing|386th Bomb Group (Medium)]] during [[World War II]]; later flew as a [[B-29 Superfortress]], [[B-50 Superfortress]] and [[B-36 Peacemaker]] pilot and commanded various [[Strategic Air Command]] bomber units in the late 1940s and 1950s; first four-star Commander of [[Military Air Transport Service]] in the 1960s, to include during the 1962 [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=GENERAL JOE W. KELLY > US Air Force > Biography Display |url=http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/106619/general-joe-w-kelly.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222010747/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/106619/general-joe-w-kelly.aspx |archive-date=2016-02-22 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Af.mil}}</ref>
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|[[Jonathan Letterman]]||Washington & Jefferson 1845||[[Major (rank)|Major]] and surgeon, [[Union Army]]/[[Army of the Potomac]]; medical director of the Army of the Potomac during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]; known as the "father of battlefield medicine"; namesake of the former [[Letterman Army Medical Center]], now the [[Letterman Digital Arts Center]] at the [[Presidio of San Francisco]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Letterman Digital Arts Center – Presidio of San Francisco |url=http://www.presidio.gov/explore/Pages/letterman-digital-arts-center.aspx |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529222134/http://www.presidio.gov/explore/Pages/letterman-digital-arts-center.aspx |archivedate=2014-05-29 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Presidio.gov}}</ref>
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|Frank S. Lomax||Nebraska 1939 <br />(1935–36) / <br />[[US Naval Academy]] 1940 (1936–40)||Ensign, [[US Navy]], killed aboard the battleship {{USS|Arizona|BB-39}} during the 1941 [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]<ref>{{cite web |title=LOMAX, Frank Stewart – USN – KIA, PH – USS Arizona BB-39 and Pearl Harbor Memorial |url=http://www.ussarizona.org/stories/uss-arizona-crew-stories/132-lomax-frank-stewart-usn-kia-ph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110180453/http://www.ussarizona.org/stories/uss-arizona-crew-stories/132-lomax-frank-stewart-usn-kia-ph |archive-date=2013-11-10 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Ussarizona.org}}</ref>
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|Daniel McCleary||Miami 1844||Lieutenant, [[US Army]]; killed in 1847 during the [[Mexican–American War]]; first Beta Theta Pi alumnus to die in combat<ref>{{cite web |title=In memoriam: a partial listing of Miami University's war fallen – News |url=http://www.miamistudent.net/news/in-memoriam-a-partial-listing-of-miami-university-s-war-fallen-1.2694733#.UqQqIX4o4dk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211234008/http://www.miamistudent.net/news/in-memoriam-a-partial-listing-of-miami-university-s-war-fallen-1.2694733#.UqQqIX4o4dk |archive-date=2013-12-11 |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=The Miami Student}}</ref>
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|[[James Rogers McConnell]]||Virginia 1910||Sergeant and fighter pilot, [[Lafayette Escadrille]]; French [[Croix de Guerre]] recipient; one of the first Americans to die in [[World War I]].  Today, brothers of McConnell's fraternity, the Omicron of Beta Theta Pi, remember his exploits in song and memorialize the fallen aviator every year on March 19 with an all-day color guard and a memorial ceremony.
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|[[Thomas McGuire]]||Georgia Tech 1944||[[Major (rank)|Major]], [[US Army Air Forces]]; [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|Pilot]]; [[P-38 Lightning]] fighter pilot and [[World War II]] [[Flying ace|aerial fighter ace]] (second highest scoring US ace of WW II); posthumous recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]; previously awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] and three awards of the [[Silver Star]]; killed in action during a fighter sweep of the central Philippines, 7 Jan 1945; namesake of [[McGuire Air Force Base]] (now [[Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst]]), New Jersey
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|Marvin L. McNickle<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lieutenant General Marvin Leonard Mcnickle |url=http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/106135/lieutenant-general-marvin-leonard-mcnickle.aspx}}</ref>||South Dakota 1936||[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]], [[US Air Force]] (Ret.); [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|command pilot]]; commander, [[314th Airlift Wing|314th Troop Carrier Wing]]; commander, [[9th Air Force]]; commander, [[13th Air Force]]
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|[[Emory Jenison Pike]]|| Iowa Wesleyan 1899 (1895–97) / <br />[[US Military Academy]] 1901 (1897–1901)||[[Lieutenant Colonel]], [[US Army]]; infantry officer; [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (posthumous) during [[World War I]]; the only [[West Point]] graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I
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|[[Everett P. Pope]]|| Bowdoin 1941 ||[[Major (rank)|Major]], [[US Marine Corps]]; [[Medal of Honor]] recipient during World War II<ref>{{cite web |date=July 17, 2009 |title=Memorial Service for Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Everett Pope '41 July 31 |url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006436.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528033105/http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/006436.shtml |archive-date=2010-05-28 |accessdate=2009-07-21 |publisher=Bowdoin College}}</ref>
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|[[Matthew Stanley Quay]]||Washington & Jefferson 1850||[[Colonel]], [[Union Army]]; first Beta Theta Pi alumnus to be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]; MOH awarded for heroic actions at the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]], December 1862 (also see "Government and politics" section)
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|[[William B. Rosson]]||Oregon 1940||[[General]], [[US Army]] (Ret.), [[Combat Infantryman Badge|Combat Infantryman]], recipient of the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] for valor during the invasion of [[Operation Shingle|Anzio]] in [[World War II]]; deputy commander of US [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]]; commander in chief, [[US Southern Command]]
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|Thomas E. Schaefer||Lehigh 1953||[[Colonel]], [[US Air Force]] (Ret.); [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|command pilot]]; highest-ranking US military officer (Colonel, USAF) held captive during the 444-day [[Iranian Hostage Crisis]] at the US Embassy in Teheran, Iran, 1979–1981<ref>{{cite web |last=Corbett |first=Peter |date= |title=Ex-Iran hostage survived on faith, power of prayer |url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/articles/20121106ex-iran-hostage-survived-faith-power-prayer.html |accessdate=2014-05-29 |publisher=Azcentral.com}}</ref>
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|[[John Taliaferro Thompson]]|| Indiana 1881 (1877–1878) / <br />[[US Military Academy]] 1882 (1878–1882)|| [[Brigadier General]], [[US Army]] (Ret.), artillery officer and ordnance officer; inventor of the [[Thompson submachine gun]] (aka "Tommy Gun")
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|[[David C. Waybur]]||UC Berkeley 1942||[[1st Lieutenant]], [[US Army]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient; killed in action in Germany, 28 Mar 1945, two years after the action which earned him the MOH; recipient of the [[Silver Star]] and the [[Purple Heart]]
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|[[Paul J. Weitz]]||Penn State 1954||[[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]], [[US Navy]] (Ret.), [[naval aviator]]-[[astronaut]]; pilot, [[Apollo Applications Program|Apollo]]-[[Skylab]] 2 (SL-2); commander for [[Space Shuttle Program|space shuttle]] [[STS-6]] mission aboard ''Challenger''; retired from [[NASA]] as deputy director, [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]] (also see "Astronauts" section)
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==Politics==
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File:SColfax.jpg|Vice President <br /> Schuyler Colfax 
File:Senator_John_Warner_portrait.JPG#/media/File:Senator_John_Warner_portrait.JPG|Senator <br /> John Warner, <br />Washington and Lee
File:Charles Henry Hardin.jpg| Governor Charles Henry Hardin, <br />  Miami
File: Dick Lugar official photo.jpg| Senator Richard Lugar, Denison
File:Speaker of the House Joseph Byrns LCCN2016890551.tif (cropped).jpg| Speaker of the House Joseph Byrns, <br /> Vanderbilt
File:Kevin Stitt 2020.jpg| Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma State
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Chapter and year
! Notability
!References
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|[[Theodore Achilles]]||Stanford 1925||Former US Ambassador to Peru
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|[[Joe Allbaugh]]||Oklahoma State 1974||Former Director of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA)
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|[[John Mills Allen|John M. Allen]]||Cumberland 1869||Former US Representative from Mississippi
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|[[Abram Piatt Andrew Jr.]]||Wabash 1892||Former US Representative from Massachusetts
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|[[William Hepburn Armstrong]]||Princeton 1847||Former US Representative from Pennsylvania
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|-
|[[Owen Aspinall]]||Denison 1949||Former governor of American Samoa
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|-
|[[Wayne N. Aspinall]]||Denver 1919||Former US Representative from Colorado
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|-
|[[Charles M. Bakewell]]||California 1889||Former US Representative from Connecticut
|
|-
|[[George Thomas Barnes]]||Georgia 1853||Former US Representative from Georgia
|
|-
|[[Lewis O. Barrows]]||Maine 1916||Former governor of Maine
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|-
|[[John L. Bates]]||Boston 1882||Former governor of Massachusetts
|
|-
|[[Albert Beach]]||Kansas 1905||Former mayor of [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|
|-
|[[Jack Beall]]||Texas 1890||Former US Representative from Texas
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|-
|[[James A. Beaver]]||Washington and Jefferson 1856||Former governor of Pennsylvania
|
|-
|[[James T. Begg]]||Wooster 1903||Former US Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[Michael Bennet]]||Wesleyan 1987||US Senator from Colorado
|
|-
|[[Thomas Warren Bennett]]||DePauw 1855||Former US Representative from Idaho; former governor of Idaho Territory
|
|-
|[[Ami Bera|Dr. Ami Bera]]||UC Irvine 1987||US Representative from California
|
|-
|[[Albert S. Berry|Albert Seaton Berry]]||Miami 1856||Former US Representative from Kentucky
|
|-
|[[Richard Whiting Blue]]||Washington and Jefferson 1864||Former US Representative from Kansas
|
|-
|[[Hale Boggs|Thomas H. Boggs]]||Tulane 1935||Former US Representative from Louisiana
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Newton Booth]]||DePauw 1846||Former US Senator from California; former governor of California
|
|-
|[[William Borah]]||Kansas 1884||Former US Senator from Idaho; former chairman of [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]]
|
|-
|[[Henry S. Boutell]]||Iowa 1873||Former US Representative from North Dakota; former Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal and Switzerland
|
|-
|[[Emmett Forest Branch]]||Indiana 1896||Former governor of Indiana
|
|-
|[[Louis Jefferson Brann]]||Maine 1898||Former governor of Maine
|
|-
|[[Donald G. Brotzman]]||Colorado 1943||Former US Representative from Colorado
|
|-
|[[Charles H. Brough]]||Johns Hopkins 1898||Former governor of Arkansas
|
|-
|[[Benjamin Gratz Brown]]||Transylvania 1846||Former US Senator from Kentucky
|
|-
|[[John Y. Brown (1835–1904)|John Young Brown]]||Centre 1855||Former US Representative from Kentucky; former governor of Kentucky
|
|-
|[[Norris Brown]]||Iowa 1883||Former US Senator from Nebraska
|
|-
|[[Webster E. Brown]]||Wisconsin 1874||Former US Representative from Wisconsin
|
|-
|[[Henry A. Buchtel]]||DePauw 1872||Former governor of Colorado
|
|-
|[[Joseph Ralph Burton]]||Hanover 1873||Former US Senator from Kansas
|
|-
|[[John Marshall Butler]]||Johns Hopkins 1921||Former US Senator from Maryland
|
|-
|[[William D. Bynum]]||Indiana 1869||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Joseph W. Byrns, Sr.]]||Vanderbilt 1890||Former US Representative from Tennessee; former [[Speaker of the US House of Representatives]]
|
|-
|[[Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.|Ezekial Samuel Candler Jr.]]||Mississippi 1881||Former US Representative from Mississippi
|
|-
|[[Rush Clark]]||Washington and Jefferson 1853||Former US Representative from Iowa
|
|-
|[[Frank G. Clarke]]||Dartmouth 1873||Former US Representative from New Hampshire
|
|-
|[[Isaac Clements]]||DePauw 1859||Former US Representative from Illinois
|
|-
|[[John Coburn (Indiana politician)|John Coburn]]||Wabash 1846||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Schuyler Colfax]]||DePauw 1854||Former US Representative from Indiana; former Speaker of the US House of Representatives; former [[Vice President of the United States]]
|
|-
|[[Chuck Colson]]||Brown 1953||Former [[Special Counsel]] to President Richard M. Nixon; indicted/convicted Watergate conspirator
|
|-
|[[Daniel Webster Comstock]]||Ohio Wesleyan 1860||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[John Sherman Cooper]]||Centre / Yale 1923||Former US Senator from Kentucky; former US Ambassador to India, Nepal and West Germany
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Norris Cotton|Norris Henry Cotton]]||Wesleyan 1923||Former US Senator from New Hampshire
|
|-
|[[William S. Cowherd]]||[[Zeta Phi|Missouri]] 1881||Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri; former US Representative from Missouri
|
|-
|[[William B. Cravens]]||Missouri 1893||Former US Representative from Arkansas
|
|-
|[[Thomas T. Crittenden Jr.]]||Missouri 1882||Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
|
|-
|[[George Washington Cromer]]||Indiana 1882||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Charles N. Crosby|Charles Crosby]]||Western Reserve 1897||Former US Representative from Pennsylvania
|
|-
|[[Enoch Herbert Crowder]]||Missouri 1886||Former US Ambassador to Cuba
|
|-
|[[Lee Cruce]]||Vanderbilt 1885||Former governor of Oklahoma
|
|-
|[[William Cumback]]||DePauw 1853||Former US Representative from Indiana; former lieutenant governor of Indiana
|
|-
|[[John Anthony Danaher]]||Yale 1920||Former US Senator from Connecticut
|
|-
|[[John E. Davis (North Dakota politician)|John E. Davis]]||North Dakota 1935||Former governor from North Dakota
|
|-
|[[Donald Dawson]]||Missouri 1932||Former aide to President Harry S. Truman; former curator of the Truman Presidential Library
|
|-
|[[Mark Lindsey De Motte]]||DePauw 1853||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[David Dewhurst]]||Arizona 1967||41st lieutenant governor of Texas
|
|-
|[[Robert Docking]]||Kansas 1946||Former governor of Kansas; former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
|
|-
|[[Ozro J. Dodds]]||Miami 1861||Former US Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[Bob Dold|Robert J. Dold]]||Denison 1991||Former US Representative from Illinois
|
|-
|[[John E. Dolibois]]||Miami 1942||Former US Ambassador to Luxembourg
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Charles Douglas III]]||Wesleyan 1964||Former US Representative from New Hampshire; New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice
|
|-
|[[Adolph Dubs]]||Beloit 1942||Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan
|
|-
|[[Anthony S. Earl]]||Michigan State 1958||Former governor of Wisconsin
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Harvey J. Eckley]]||Washington & Jefferson 1868||judge and member of Ohio Senate<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DgwwAAAAYAAJ/page/379/mode/2up |title=Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio |last=Neff |first=William B. |year=1921 |page=380 |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=2023-08-07}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Alonzo Jay Edgerton]]||Wesleyan 1850||Former US Senator from Minnesota
|
|-
|[[Paul Carrington Edmunds]]||Virginia 1856||Former US Representative from Virginia
|
|-
|[[Samuel Hitt Elbert]]||Ohio Wesleyan 1854||Former governor of the then-Colorado Territory
|
|-
|[[William Elliott (American politician)|William Elliott]]||Virginia 1858||Former US Representative from South Carolina
|
|-
|[[E. John Ellis|Ezekiel John Ellis]]||Centenary 1859||Former US Representative from Louisiana
|
|-
|[[Robert Ellsworth]]||Kansas 1946||Former US Representative from Kansas, former advisor to the president and former [[United States Permanent Representative to NATO|US Permanent Representative to NATO]] under President Richard M. Nixon; former [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] under President Gerald R. Ford
|
|-
|[[Joseph S. Farland]]||West Virginia 1938||Former US Ambassador to Dominican Republic, Panama, Iran and Pakistan
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Joseph R. Farrington]]||Wisconsin 1919||Former US Representative from Wisconsin
|
|-
|[[Wallace R. Farrington]]||Maine 1891||Former governor of the [[Territory of Hawaii]]
|
|-
|[[Charles James Faulkner]]||V.M.I. / Virginia 1868||Former US Senator from West Virginia
|
|-
|[[W. Mark Felt]]||Idaho 1935||Former Associate Director of the [[FBI]]; exposed the Nixon administration's corruption as "[[Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat]]"
|
|-
|[[Scott Field (Texas politician)|Scott Field]]||Virginia 1868||Former US Representative from Texas
|
|-
|[[David R. Francis]]||Washington University in St. Louis 1870||Former mayor of St. Louis; former governor of Missouri; former US Secretary of the Interior; former US Ambassador to Russia; president of [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]]
|
|-
|[[Bob Franks]]||DePauw 1973||Former US Representative from New Jersey
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[William E. Fuller]]||Iowa 1870||Former US Representative from Iowa
|
|-
|[[Samuel Galloway]]||Miami 1855||Former US Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[Richard Gephardt]]||Northwestern 1962||Former US Representative from Missouri; former US House Minority Leader
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Jack Geraghty|John (Jack) V. Geraghty]]||Washington 1956||Former mayor of Spokane, Washington
|
|-
|[[John Milton Glover]]||Washington University in St. Louis 1871||Former US Representative from Missouri
|
|-
|[[Abe McGregor Goff]]||Idaho 1922||Former US Representative from Idaho
|
|-
|[[Stephen Goldsmith]]||Wabash 1968||Former mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
|
|-
|[[John Brown Gordon]]||Georgia 1854||Major General in CSA; former US Senator from Georgia; former governor of Georgia
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Miles T. Granger|Miles Tobey Granger]]||Wesleyan 1842||Former US Representative from Connecticut
|
|-
|[[Levi Thomas Griffin]]||Michigan 1857||Former US Representative from Michigan
|
|-
|[[George Blackmore Guild]]||Cumberland 1855||Former mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
|
|-
|[[Steven Gunderson]]||Wisconsin 1973||Former US House Representative from Wisconsin
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[William T. Haines]]||Maine 1876<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umainebeta.org/bh_history.php |title=Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi – History |publisher=Umainebeta.org |date= |accessdate=2014-05-29 |archive-date=2013-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204021704/http://www.umainebeta.org/bh_history.php |url-status=live }}</ref>|| Former governor of Maine
|
|-
|[[H. R. Haldeman]]||UCLA 1948||Former [[White House Chief of Staff]] under President Richard M. Nixon; indicted/convicted Watergate conspirator
|
|-
|[[Benton Jay Hall]]||Miami 1855||Former US Representative from Iowa
|
|-
|[[Charles Abraham Halleck]]||Indiana 1922||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[John Hanna (Indiana politician)|John Hanna]]||DePauw 1858||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Mike Harcourt|Michael F. Harcourt]]||British Columbia 1963||Former premier of British Columbia; former mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Charles Henry Hardin]]||Miami 1841||Former governor of Missouri
|
|-
|[[James Harlan (senator)|James Harlan]]||DePauw 1845||Former US Senator from Iowa; former US Secretary of the Interior
|
|-
|[[Henry Richard Harris]]||Emory 1847||Former US Representative from Georgia
|
|-
|[[Louis Powell Harvey]]||Western Reserve 1840||Former governor of Wisconsin
|
|-
|[[Mark O. Hatfield]]||Willamette 1943||Former US Senator; former governor of Oregon
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Joe Heck]]||Penn State 1984||US Representative from Nevada; chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel
|
|-
|[[Pat Henry (politician)|Pat Henry]]||Mississippi 1882||Former US Representative from Mississippi
|
|-
|[[Robert Roberts Hitt]]||DePauw 1855||Former US Representative from Illinois
|
|-
|[[George Hoadly]]||Western Reserve 1844||Former governor of California; former US Representative from California
|
|-
|[[Henry William Hoffman]]||Washington and Jefferson 1846||Former US Representative from Maryland
|
|-
|[[Glen Holden Sr.]]||Oregon 1951||Former US Ambassador to Jamaica
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Edward Everett Holland]]||Richmond 1879||Former US Representative from Virginia
|
|-
|[[A. Linwood Holton]]||Washington and Lee 1945||Former governor of Virginia
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Stanley K. Hornbeck]]||Colorado / Denver 1903||Former US Ambassador to the Netherlands
|
|-
|[[Jonas G. Howard|Jonas George Howard]]||DePauw 1847||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Frank N. Ikard|Frank Neville Ikard]]||Texas 1932||Former US House Representative from Texas
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Clifford C. Ireland]]||Knox 1901||Former US Representative from Illinois
|
|-
|[[James F. Izlar|James Ferdinand Izlar]]||Emory 1855||Former US Representative from South Carolina
|
|-
|[[Craig T. James]]||Florida 1963||Former US Representative from Florida
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[William Marion Jardine]]||Kansas State 1894||Former US Secretary of Agriculture; former US Ambassador to Egypt
|
|-
|[[Eric M. Javits]]||Columbia 1952||Ambassador to the [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]]
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Leslie Jensen]]||South Dakota||Former governor of South Dakota
|
|-
|[[Martin Nelson Johnson]]||Iowa 1873||Former US Senator from North Dakota
|
|-
|[[Brereton C. Jones]]||Virginia 1961||Former governor of Kentucky
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Doug Jones (politician)|Doug Jones]]||Alabama 1976||Former US Senator from Alabama
|
|-
|[[David Karnes]]||Nebraska 1971||Former US Senator from Nebraska
|
|-
|[[James P. Kem]]||Missouri 1910||Former U.S. Senator from Missouri
|
|-
|[[William E. Kemp]]||Missouri 1914||Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
|
|-
|[[Peter D. Kinder]]||Missouri 1976||Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
|
|-
|[[William M. Kinsey]]||Monmouth 1869||Former U.S. Representative from Missouri
|
|-
|[[William F. Kopp]]||Iowa Wesleyan 1892||Former U.S. Representative from Iowa
|
|-
|[[Edward H. Kruse]]||Indiana 1940||Former U.S. Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Robert M. La Follette Jr.]]||Wisconsin 1917||Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; former governor of Wisconsin
|
|-
|[[Joseph Rucker Lamar]]||Bethany 1877||Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Charles B. Landis]]||Wabash 1883||Former U.S. Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Milton Slocum Latham]]||Jefferson 1843||Former U.S. Senator from California; former governor of California
|
|-
|[[John J. Lentz]]||Wooster 1881||Former U.S. Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[F. Dickinson Letts|Fred D. Letts]]||Iowa 1899||Former U.S. Representative from Iowa
|
|-
|[[David Linton (politician)|David Linton]]||Miami 1839||Ohio State Senator who was active in the Whig, Republican, and Greenback parties; co-founder of Beta Theta Pi
|
|-
|[[Thomas G. Loeffler]]||Texas 1971||Former US House Representative from Texas
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Frank Orren Lowden]]||Iowa 1885||Former US House Representative from Illinois; former governor of Illinois
|
|-
|[[Richard Lugar]]||Denison 1954||Former US Senator from Indiana; knighted by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and named an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE); recipient of Beta Theta Pi's Oxford Cup
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Ray Mabus]]||Mississippi 1969||Former governor of Mississippi 1988–92; former, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; [[Secretary of the Navy]], 2009–present; recipient of Beta Theta Pi's Oxford Cup
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Humphrey Marshall (general)|Humphrey Marshall]]||Translyvania 1845||Former US Representative from Kentucky; former US Minister to China
|
|-
|[[Roger Marshall (politician)|Dr. Roger Marshall]]||Kansas State 1984 ||US Senator from Kansas
|
|-
|[[James G. Martin]]||Davidson 1957||Former US House of Representatives; former governor of North Carolina
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Henry M. Mathews]]||West Virginia 1857||Former governor of West Virginia
|
|-
|[[Courtland Cushing Matson]]||DePauw 1862||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Thomas Stanley Matthews]]||Cincinnati 1842||Former US Senator from Ohio; former US Supreme Court Justice
|
|-
|[[John Jay McCloy]]||Amherst 1916||Former assistant secretary of War; former advisor to presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford and Ronald Reagan; received Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction
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|-
|[[James L. McConaughy]]||Yale 1909||Former governor of Connecticut
|
|-
|[[John W. McCormick|John Watts McCormick]]||Ohio 1855||Former US Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[James Wilson McDill]]||Miami 1853||Former US Representative from Iowa
|
|-
|[[Joseph Ewing McDonald]]||DePauw / Indiana 1849||Former US Senator from Indiana
|
|-
|[[David McKinley]]||Purdue 1969||US Representative from West Virginia, Former member of W. Virginia House of Delegates
|
|-
|[[William P. McLean|William Pickney McLean]]||North Carolina 1857||Former US Representative from Texas
|
|-
|[[William H. McMaster]]||Beloit 1899||Former US Senator from South Dakota; former governor of South Dakota
|
|-
|[[Paul Vories McNutt]]||Indiana 1913||Former governor of Indiana; first US Ambassador to the Philippines
|
|-
|[[Robert W. Miers]]||Indiana 1870||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Andrew Jackson Montague]]||Richmond 1882 / Virginia 1885||Former US Representative from Virginia; former governor of Virginia
|
|-
|[[J. Waldo Monteith]]||Toronto 1927||Former member of the Canadian House of Commons
|
|-
|[[Arch A. Moore Jr.]]||West Virginia 1951||Former governor of West Virginia; former US Representative from West Virginia
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Dwight Morrow]]||Amherst 1895||Former senator from New Jersey; US Ambassador to Mexico
|
|-
|[[Oliver P. Morton]]||Miami 1847||Former governor of Indiana; integral in the creation of the DePauw, Indiana and Wabash chapters of Beta Theta Pi
|
|-
|[[David C. Mulford]]||Lawrence 1959||Former US Ambassador to India
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[John Mutz]]||Northwestern 1957||Former lieutenant governor of Indiana; President of [[Lilly Endowment]]
|
|-
|[[Albinus Nance]]||Knox 1868||Former governor of Nebraska
|
|-
|[[Bill Nelson (politician)|Bill Nelson]]||Florida 1964 / Yale 1965||Former US Senator from Florida; former State Treasurer of Florida; former US Representative from Florida; recipient of Beta Theta Pi's Oxford Cup (also see "Astronauts" section)
|
|-
|[[John Stoughton Newberry]]||Michigan 1847||Former US Representative from Michigan
|
|-
|[[Dick Nichols|Richard D. Nichols]]||Kansas State 1951||Former US Representative from Kansas
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Don Nickles]]||Oklahoma State 1971||Former US Senator from Oklahoma
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[John W. Noble]]||Miami 1850||Former US Secretary of the Interior
|
|-
|[[Jeremiah E. O'Connell]]||Boston 1906||Former US Representative from Rhode Island
|
|-
|[[Benjamin Baker Odell Jr.]]||Bethany 1877||Former US Representative from New York
|
|-
|[[Richard B. Ogilvie|Richard Buell Ogilivie]]||Yale 1945||Former governor of Illinois
|
|-
|[[Alvin M. Owsley]]||Texas 1912||Former US Ambassador to Romania
|
|-
|[[Bob Packwood]]||Willamette 1954||Former US Senator from Oregon
|
|-
|[[Halbert Eleazer Paine]]||Western Reserve 1845||Former US Representative from Wisconsin
|
|-
|[[Guy B. Park]]||Missouri 1896||Former governor of Missouri
|
|-
|[[Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr.|Richard C. Patterson Jr.]]||Nebraska 1909 / Columbia 1911||Former US ambassador to Yugoslavia and Guatemala, and US minister to Switzerland
|
|-
|[[John M. Pattison]]||Ohio Wesleyan 1869||Former US Representative from Ohio; former governor of Ohio
|
|-
| [[George S. Patton (attorney)|George Smith Patton]]||[[Virginia Military Institute]] 1877||Mayor of [[San Marino, California]], candidate for U.S. House and Senate, father of General [[George S. Patton]]<ref>{{cite news |date=June 22, 1898 |title=Beta Theta Pi Meeting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/80583803/ |work=[[Los Angeles Herald Examiner|Los Angeles Herald]] |location=Los Angeles, CA |page=7 |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826061147/http://www.newspapers.com/image/80583803/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|-
|[[Boies Penrose]]||Harvard / Pennsylvania 1881||Former US Senator from Pennsylvania
|
|-
|[[William J. Perry]]||Carnegie Mellon 1949||Former [[United States Secretary of Defense|US Secretary of Defense]]
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[David Peterson]]||Western Ontario 1966||Former premier of Ontario
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Walter R. Peterson]]||Dartmouth 1947||Former governor of New Hampshire
|
|-
|[[Bill Phelps]]||Missouri 1956||Former US Representative from Missouri
|
|-
|[[Robert Phinny]]||North Carolina 1945|Ambassador to Swaziland
|
|
|[[Michael Pitfield]]||St. Lawrence 1956||Former Canadian Senator
|
|-
|[[Henry Moses Pollard]]||Dartmouth 1857||Former US Representative from Missouri
|
|-
|[[John G. Pollard]]||Richmond 1891||Former governor of Virginia
|
|-
|[[Laurence Pope]]||Bowdoin 1967||Former US Ambassador to Chad
|
|-
|[[Andrew J. Poppleton]]||Michigan 1851||Former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
|
|-
|[[Albert Gallatin Porter]]||DePauw 1843||Former governor of Indiana; former US Representative from Indiana; former US Minister to Italy
|
|-
|[[George M. Pritchard]]||North Carolina 1907||Former US Representative from North Carolina
|
|-
|[[Jacob J. Pugsley|Jacob Joseph Pugsley]]||Miami||Former US Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[Matthew Stanley Quay]]||Jefferson 1850||Former US Senator from Pennsylvania; first Beta to be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] while a [[colonel]] in the 134th Pennsylvania Infantry at the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]], December 1862
|
|-
|[[Saul F. Rae]]||Texas 1936||Former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, Mexico, Guatemala and the Netherlands
|
|-
|[[Joseph Lafayette Rawlins]]||Indiana 1874||Former US Senator from Utah
|
|-
|[[John Henry Ray]]||Minnesota 1908||Former US Representative from New York
|
|-
|[[Henry Augustus Reeves]]||Michigan 1852||Former US Representative from Michigan
|
|-
|[[Robert Rice Reynolds]]||North Carolina 1906||Former US Senator from North Carolina
|
|-
|[[John J. Rhodes]]||Kansas State 1938||Former US Representative from Arizona; former US House Minority Leader; recipient of Beta Theta Pi's Oxford Cup
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Ira E. Rider]]||St. Lawrence 1888||Former US Representative from New York
|
|-
|[[William Alfred Robinson|William A. Robinson]]||Toronto 1925||Former member of the Canadian House of Commons
|
|-
|[[Charlie Rose (congressman)|Charlie Rose]]||Davidson 1961||Former US Representative from North Carolina
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Arthur Rouse]]||Hanover 1896||Former US Representative from Kentucky
|
|-
|[[Thomas L. Rubey]]||Missouri 1885||Former US Representative from Missouri
|
|-
|[[Eugene P. Ruehlmann]]||Cincinnati 1947||Former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
|
|-
|[[Aimaro Sato]]||DePauw 1881||Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States
|
|-
|[[Daniel Schaefer]]||South Dakota 1958||Former US Representative from Colorado
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Charles Frederick Scott]]||Kansas 1881||Regent; former Kansas State Senator; former US Representative from Kansas
|
|-
|[[Harvey David Scott]]||DePauw 1850||Former US Representative from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Townsend Scudder]]||Columbia 1888||Former US Representative from New York
|
|-
|[[Frederick Andrew Seaton]]||Kansas State 1931||Former US Senator from Nebraska; former assistant secretary of defense; former US Secretary of the Interior
|
|-
|[[Philip Sharp (American politician)|Phillip R. Sharp]]||DePauw 1964||Former US Representative from Indiana
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[David Sholtz]]||Yale 1914||Former governor of Florida
|
|-
|[[Scott Sifton]]||[[Truman State University]] 1996||Member of the [[Missouri Senate]]
|
|-
|[[George G. Siebels Jr.]]||Virginia 1937||Former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
|
|-
|[[Arnold Cantwell Smith]]||Toronto 1935||Former Canadian ambassador to Egypt and the USSR
|
|-
|[[Dennis A. Smith]]||Willamette 1960||Former US Representative from Oregon
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Frank E. Smith]]||Mississippi 1941||Former US Representative from Mississippi
|
|-
|[[John M.C. Smith]]||Michigan 1881||Former US Representative from Michigan
|
|-
|[[Bertrand Snell]]||Amherst 1894||Former US Representative from New York
|
|-
|[[Earl W. Snell]]||Oregon 1907||Former governor of Oregon
|
|-
|[[Charles Wilbert Snow|C. Wilbert Snow]]||Bowdoin 1907||Former governor of Connecticut
|
|-
|[[Zack Space]]||Kenyon 1983||Former US Representative from Ohio
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[William Brainerd Spencer]]||Centenary 1855||Former US Representative from Louisiana
|
|-
|[[John M. Spratt Jr.]]||Davidson 1964||Former US Representative from South Carolina
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[William McKendree Springer]]||Indiana 1857||Former US Representative from Illinois
|
|-
|[[William Francis Stevenson]]||Davidson 1885||Former US Representative from South Carolina
|
|-
|[[Kevin Stitt]]||Oklahoma State 1995||Governor of Oklahoma
|
|-
|[[Edward C. Stokes]]||Brown 1883||Former governor of New Jersey
|
|-
|[[Reginald H. Sullivan]]||Wabash 1897||Former mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
|
|-
|[[Howard Sutherland]]||Westminster 1889||Former US Senator from West Virginia
|
|-
|[[Robert Franklin Sutherland]]||Toronto 1911||Former member of the Canadian House of Commons
|
|-
|[[Mike Synar]]||Oklahoma 1972||Former US House Representative from Oklahoma
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Charles P. Taft II]]||Yale 1918||Former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
|
|-
|[[Leon Rutherford Taylor|Leon Taylor]]||Denison 1907||Former governor of New Jersey
|
|-
|[[Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.]]||Southern California 1962||Former US Federal Judge; first Armenian-American Federal Judge
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Henry St. George Tucker III|Henry St. George Tucker]]||Washington and Lee 1875||Former US Representative from Virginia
|
|-
|[[John Turner]]||British Columbia 1952||Former prime minister of Canada
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Al Ullman|Albert Rollen Conrad Ullman]]||Whitman 1935||Former US Representative from Oregon
|
|-
|[[William Hanford Upson]]||Western Reserve 1842||Former US Representative from Ohio
|
|-
|[[Willis Van Devanter]]||DePauw 1881||Former US Supreme Court Justice
|<ref name="facts"/>
|-
|[[Daniel W. Voorhees|Daniel Wosley Voorhees]]||DePauw 1849||Former US Senator from Indiana
|
|-
|[[Durbin Ward]]||Miami 1843||Former Kentucky assemblyman and [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] during the Civil War
|
|-
|[[George B. Ward]]||Cumberland 1887||Former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
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|[[John Warner]]||Washington and Lee 1950||Former [[Secretary of the Navy]]; former US Senator from Virginia; former chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)]]; namesake of the attack submarine {{USS|John Warner|SSN-785}}
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|[[Walter Allen Watson]]||Hampden-Sydney 1887||Former US Representative from Virginia
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|[[Claude Weaver|E.D. Claude Weaver]]||Texas 1887||Former US Representative from Oklahoma
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|[[Edward F. Weber]]||Denison 1953||Former US Representative from Ohio
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|[[Tom Wheeler]]||Ohio State 1968||Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
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|[[Kenneth S. Wherry]]||Nebraska 1914||Former US Senator and Senate Minority Leader
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|[[William F. Whiting]]||Amherst 1886||Former US Secretary of Commerce
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|[[Jamie Whitten]]||Mississippi 1933||Former US Representative from Mississippi
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|[[Ben M. Williamson|Benjamin Mitchell Williamson]]||Bethany 1886||Former US Senator from Kentucky
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|[[Wendell Willkie]]||Indiana 1916||1940 Republican Party nominee for president of the US
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|[[Charles Erwin Wilson]]||Carnegie 1909||Former US Secretary of Defense
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|[[Joseph Gardner Wilson]]||Miami 1846||Former US Representative from Oregon
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|[[Charles E. Winter]]||Iowa Wesleyan 1892||Former US Representative from Wyoming; former acting governor of Puerto Rico
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|[[William W. Wirtz]]||Beloit 1933||Former US Secretary of Labor
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|[[John Sergeant Wise]]||Virginia 1867||Former US Representative from Virginia
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|[[Josiah Oliver Wolcott]]||Wesleyan 1901||Former US Senator from Delaware
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|[[John Smith Young]]||Centenary 1855||Former US Representative from Louisiana
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|[[Owen D. Young]]||St. Lawrence 1894||Former US diplomat; representative to the Second Reparations Conference (SRC) in 1929 as a member of the German Reparations International Commission; "father" of the Young Plan for the fiscal rehabilitation of Germany after [[World War I]]
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|[[Philip Young (ambassador)|Philip Young]]||St. Lawrence 1931||Former US Ambassador to the Netherlands
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|[[Eugene M. Zuckert]]||Yale 1933||Former [[Secretary of the Air Force]]
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==Religion==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
!Name
!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
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|[[Charles E. Bennison]]||Lawrence 1965||Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
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|[[Earl Cranston]]||Ohio 1861||Bishop, [[Methodist Episcopal Church]]
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|[[C. Christopher Epting]]
|Florida 1969
|Bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Iowa]]
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|[[Gregory Parkes]]||Florida State University 1986||Bishop, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg]], FL
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==Sports==
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Stan Smith 1972.jpg|Stan Smith <br/> World No. 1 Tennis Player, Wimbledon and US Open Champion, <br/> USC
Mike Schmidt Press Box.jpg|Mike Schmidt <br/> MLB Hall of Fame, 12 Time All Star, 3 Time NL MVP, 10 Time Gold Glove Award Winner, <br/> Ohio
File:Guy Chamberlin.jpg|Guy Chamberlin <br/> College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, 5 Time NFL Champion, <br/>Nebraska

File:Johnwooden.jpg|John Wooden <br/> 10 Time NCAA National Champion Basketball Coach, 5 Time AP Coach of the Year <br/> Purdue

File:Eddie Collins 1911.jpg|Eddie Collins <br/> MLB Hall of Fame, <br/> 6 Time World Series Champion, AL MVP, 4 Time AL Stolen Base Leader, <br/> Columbia

File:Shahid Khan 2015.jpg|Shahid Kahn <br/> Owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Illinois

File:Jerry Lucas 1965.jpeg|Jerry Lucas <br/> 7 Time NBA All Star, Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist, 2 Time NCAA Player of the Year, <br/>Ohio State
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
!Name
!Chapter and year
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Fred Ahern (ice hockey)|Fred Ahern]]||Bowdoin 1974||NHL player, California Seals, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies
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|[[Ethan Allen (baseball)|Ethan Allen]]||Cincinnati 1926||Major League Baseball player; head baseball coach at Yale University
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|[[Mike Antonovich (ice hockey)|Michael Antonovich]]||Minnesota 1973||NHL player, Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils
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|[[Frankie Baumholtz]]||Ohio 1941||Professional basketball player; Major League Baseball player
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|[[Jim Benepe]]||Northwestern 1986||Professional golfer
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|[[Earl Blaik]]||Miami 1918||Head football coach, Army
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|[[Carl Blaurock]]||Colorado Mines 1916||First American to climb all mountains over 14,000 feet in the continental US
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|[[Joe Bottom]]||Southern California 1977||1976 Olympic silver medalist in 100m butterfly
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|[[Don Bragg]]||UCLA 1959||1960 Olympic gold medalist in pole vault
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|[[Evan Brown (American football)|Evan Brown]]||SMU 2017|| Center for the New York Giants, Cleveland Browns, and Detroit Lions
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|[[Mike Brown (American football executive)|Mike Brown]]||Dartmouth 1957||President and general manager, Cincinnati Bengals
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|[[Dave Brundage]]||Oregon State 1986||Minor League Baseball player and coach
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|[[Jim Brunzell]]
|Minnesota 1971
|Professional wrestler and co-author of the ''Killer Bees'' comic book series
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|[[George Buehler]]||Stanford 1969||NFL player for the [[History of the Los Angeles Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]
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|[[John Bunn (basketball)|John Bunn]]||Kansas 1920||Key contributor to the game of basketball
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|[[Guy Chamberlin]]||Nebraska 1916||College and pro football Hall of Famer by playing for seven teams over nine years, coaching four (4) over seven (7) years. Awards: 5x [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1921 Chicago Staleys season|1921]], [[1922 Canton Bulldogs season|1922]], [[1923 Canton Bulldogs season|1923]], [[1924 Cleveland Bulldogs season|1924]], [[1924 Frankford Yellow Jackets season|1926]]) and member of the all 20's NFL team.
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|[[Peter Cipollone]]||California 1994||2004 Olympic gold medalist, rowing
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|[[Bob Clotworthy]]||Ohio State 1954||1952 Olympic silver medalist and 1956 gold medalist in springboard diving
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|[[Roy Cochran]]||Indiana 1941||1948 Olympic gold medalist, 400m hurdles, 4 × 400 m relay
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|[[Ron Coder]]||Penn State 1976||[[National Football League|NFL]] player for [[Seattle Seahawks]]
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|[[Don Cohan]]||Amherst 1951||1972 Olympic bronze medalist, sailing
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|[[Eddie Collins]]||Columbia 1907||[[Major League Baseball]] Hall of Famer who played with just two teams over 26 seasons. While at the [[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] and the [[Chicago White Sox]], Eddie won Six (6) World Series. World Series MVP in 1924.
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|[[Don Coryell]]||Washington 1947||Former coach of the [[History of the San Diego Chargers|San Diego Chargers]]
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|[[Mel Counts]]||Oregon State 1964||Olympic gold medalist in basketball, 1964; 7th overall pick in 1964 NBA draft; played in NBA 1964–1976; won two NBA titles with Boston Celtics
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|[[Edgar Diddle]]||Centre 1919||Legendary basketball coach at [[Western Kentucky University]]; first coach to win 1,000 games at one school
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|[[DeLoss Dodds]]||Kansas State 1959||Athletic Director of the University of Texas at Austin
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|[[Charles Doe]]||Stanford 1920||1920 and 1924 Olympic gold medalist, rugby
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|[[Bobby Douglass]]||Kansas 1969||NFL quarterback, [[Chicago Bears]]
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|[[Eddie Eagan]]||Denver / Yale 1920||Olympic gold medalist, boxing 178-lb in 1920 and bobsledding in
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|[[Keith Fahnhorst]]||Minnesota 1974||[[National Football League|NFL]] player, [[San Francisco 49ers]], [[Super Bowl XVI]] & [[Super Bowl XIX|XIX Champion]]
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|[[Max Falkenstien]]||Kansas 1947||Kansas Jayhawks radio announcer
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|[[John Ferris (swimmer)|John Ferris]]||Stanford 1971||1968 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200M and 200 butterfly
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|[[Jay Fiedler]]||Dartmouth 1994||[[National Football League|NFL]] QB who played seven seasons total, and five with the [[Miami Dolphins]]. Threw for almost 12,000 yards over his career.
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|-
|[[Dow Finsterwald]]||Ohio 1952||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Jeff Float]]||Southern California 1983||1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 4x200 freestyle relay
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|[[Travis Ford]]||Missouri 1991||Head basketball coach for Oklahoma State University
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|[[Ken Forsch]]||Oregon State 1969||Major League Baseball; two-time All-Star team selection; pitched a no-hitter on 7 April 1979
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|[[Bruce Furniss]]||Southern California 1979||1976 Olympic gold medalist, 4x200 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle
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|[[Steve Furniss]]||Southern California 1975||1972 Olympic bronze medalist, 200 IM
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|[[David Gagnon]]||Colgate 1991||NHL player, [[Detroit Red Wings]]
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|[[George Glamack]]|| North Carolina early 1940s ||All American basketball with the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]], Rookie of the Year (1942) and Champion (1946) playing for several teams.
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|[[Iñaki Gomez]]||British Columbia 2010||2012 Canadian Summer Olympic team member
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|[[Gail Goodrich]]||UCLA 1965||[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player, [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
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|[[Dan Greenbaum]]||Southern California 1992||1992 Olympic bronze medalist, volleyball
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|[[Dan Guerrero]]||UCLA 1974||[[UCLA athletics|UCLA]] athletic director
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|[[Ed Hamm]]||Georgia Tech 1928||1928 Olympic gold medalist, long jump
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|[[George Harrison (swimmer)|George Harrison]]||Stanford 1961||1960 Olympic gold medalist, 4x200 freestyle relay
|
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|[[Dick Harter]]||North Carolina 1952||[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] coach; first head coach for the Charlotte Hornets
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|-
|[[Alan Helffrich]]||Penn State 1925||1924 Olympic gold medalist, 4 × 400 m relay
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|[[Mark Jerue]]||Washington 1982||NFL player, New York Jets
|
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|[[Brian Job]]||Stanford||1968 Olympic bronze medalist, 200m breaststroke
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|-
|[[Brandt Jobe]]||UCLA 1989||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Grier Jones]]||Oklahoma State 1968||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Charlie Justice (halfback)|Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice]]|| North Carolina 1950|| Three-time All-American; Heisman Trophy runner-up; Washington Redskins football
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|[[Robert Kane (sports administrator)|Robert J. Kane]]
|Cornell 1934
|Former president of the [[US Olympic Committee]]
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|[[Jeff Kemp]]||Dartmouth 1981||[[National Football League|NFL]] quarterback for several teams, ending with the [[Los Angeles Rams]] for 5 seasons.
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|-
|[[Bill Koch (businessman)|William Koch]]||MIT 1962||America's Cup winner
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|-
|[[George Kojac]]||Rutgers 1931||1928 Olympic gold medalist, 100 backstroke, 4x200 relay
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|-
|[[Cawood Ledford]]||Centre College||University of Kentucky basketball commentator
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|-
|[[David Lipsky (golfer)|David Lipsky]]||Northwestern University||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Jerry Lucas]]||Ohio State 1962||[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player, 1960 Olympic gold medalist
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|[[Larry MacPhail]]||Beloit 1910||Brooklyn Dodgers owner and general manager, introduced night games
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|[[Jim Mandich]]||Michigan 1970||NFL player, [[Miami Dolphins]]
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|-
|[[Steve Marino]]||UVA 2002||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Kent Massey]]||Oklahoma 1974||1996 Olympic bronze medalist, sailing
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|-
|[[Scott McCarron]]||UCLA 1989||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Charles McGinnis]]||Wisconsin 1927||1928 Olympic bronze medalist, pole vault
|
|-
|[[John L. Miller]]||Yale 1924||1924 Olympic gold medalist, rowing
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|[[Matt Monger]]
|Oklahoma State 1984
|All Big 8 LB honors, played five seasons in the [[National Football League|NFL]] including with the [[1990 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]] in the [[Super Bowl XXV]].
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|[[Lowell North]]||UC Berkeley 1971||Olympic medalist, yachting; bronze in 1964 and gold in 1968
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|[[Gus Otto]]||Missouri 1965||NFL player, Oakland Raiders
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|[[John Parker (water polo)|John Parker]]||Stanford 1970||1972 Olympic bronze medalist, water polo
|
|-
|[[Bob Pearce]]||Oklahoma 1931||1932 Olympic gold medalist, wrestling 128-lb
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|-
|[[Pete Pihos]]||Indiana 1945||College Football Hall of Fame, NFL player [[Philadelphia Eagles]], six-time Pro Bowl selection
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|[[Patrick Powers (volleyball)|Pat Powers]]||Southern California 1980||1984 Olympic gold medalist, volleyball
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|[[Chip Reese]]||Dartmouth 1973||Professional poker player
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|-
|[[Robert G. Rich Jr.]]|Florida 1952||US Ambassador to Belize
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|-
|[[Ed Rimkus]]||St. Lawrence 1937||1948 Olympic gold medalist, bobsledding
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|-
|[[Jamey Rootes]]||Clemson 1988||Major League Soccer general manager, Columbus Crew, Houston Texans
|
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|[[Murray Rose|I. Murray Rose]]||Southern California 1961||Multiple Olympic medalist, three gold medals in 1956 (400 freestyle, 4x200 relay, and 1500 freestyle), two medals in 1960 (silver for 1500 freestyle, and bronze for 4x200 relay)
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|[[Edward P. Roski]]||Southern California 1968||Owner Los Angeles Kings hockey team
|
|-
|[[Richard Roth (swimmer)|Richard Roth]]||Stanford 1969||1964 Olympic gold medalist, 400 IM
|
|-
|[[Harlow Rothert]]||Stanford 1930||1932 Olympic silver medalist, shot put
|
|-
|[[Mike Schmidt]]||Ohio 1971||Major League Baseball player; hit 548 home runs; member of the Hall of Fame
|
|-
|[[John Shadden]]||Southern California 1987||1988 Olympic bronze medalist, yachting
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|[[Gary Sheerer]]||Stanford 1968||1972 Olympic bronze medalist, water polo
|
|-
|[[Dave Shula]]||Texas 1973||Former head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals
|
|-
|[[Jerry Sichting]]||Purdue 1979||NBA coach
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|-
|[[J.T. Smith (wrestler)|John T. Smith]]|| ||Professional wrestler
|
|-
|[[Stan Smith]]||Southern California 1969||Professional tennis player; winner of two major singles titles (US Open 1971, Wimbledon 1972)
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|-
|[[Bob Stein (American football)|Bob Stein]]||Minnesota 1969||NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs
|
|-
|[[Kevin Still]]||UCLA 1982||1984 Olympic bronze medalist, rowing coxed-pairs
|
|-
|[[Bill Stoneman]]||Idaho 1966||General manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 1999–2007; Major League Baseball player
|
|-
|[[William G. Thompson]]||UC Berkeley 1929||1928 Olympic gold medalist, rowing eight oars
|
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|[[Bill Tindall]]||Washington 1965||Professional golfer
|
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|[[Bill Veeck]]||Kenyon 1936||Major League Baseball franchise owner; Hall of Fame member
|
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|[[Rick Volk]]||Michigan 1967||NFL player with the Miami Dolphins
|
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|[[Webb Wilder]]||Oklahoma 1931||Professional golfer
|
|-
|[[Ben Wilson (American football coach)|Ben Wilson]]||Heidelberg 1944||WSU Football Coach
|
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|[[John Wooden]]||Purdue 1932||UCLA basketball coach
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|}
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Sources==
* Brown, James T., ed., ''Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi'', New York: 1917.

[[Category:Lists of members of North American Interfraternity Conference members by society|Beta Theta Pi]]
[[Category:Beta Theta Pi|members]]