List of Delta Tau Delta members

Below is a list of notable members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.

Current government officials

Governors

Texas Governor Greg Abbott

US Senators

Delaware Senator Thomas R. Carper

US Representatives

Wisconsin Speaker of the House and former Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan
Ohio Representative Tim Ryan
Kentucky Representative Ed Whitfield
Virginia Representative Rob Wittman

Statewide constitutional officers

Mayors

Indianapolis, Indiana Mayor Greg Ballard

Former government officials

National

US Vice Presidents

Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
Henry Agard Wallace (1941-1945)

US Supreme Court

William Brennan (1956-1990)
Tom C. Clark (1949-1967)

Federal judges

Carlos Bea, Ninth Circuit Judge, 2003-present
John V. Singleton, (District Judge, 1966-1988)

Henry Alvan Mentz, Jr., District Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana 1982-2001

U.S. House of Representatives

Missouri Representative Champ Clark (1893-1895; 1897-1921); Speaker (1911-1919)
Texas Representative Kent Hance (1979-1985)

U.S. Senate

Kansas Governor and Senator Henry Justin Allen
Connecticut Governor and Senator Raymond Baldwin
Colorado Senator Hank Brown
Indiana Senator William E. Jenner
Florida Senator George LeMieux
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson

Other federal officials

Former Director of the Bureau of Investigation A. Bruce Bielaski
Ramsey Clark, US Attorney General, 1967-1969
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox
White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater
U.S. Ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson
U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge George MacKinnon
New Mexico Governor and U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson
John W. Snow, US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-2006

Foreign

James Jerome, Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons, 1974–1979

State

Reubin Askew, Governor of Florida, 1971-1979
James J. Blanchard, Governor of Michigan, 1983-1991
Ernie Fletcher, Governor of Kentucky, 2003-2007
Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma
Bruce Johnson, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
James Mann, Illinois Representative
Adam McMullen, Governor of Nebraska
Donald J. Pease, Ohio Congressman, 1977-1993
Michael Sessions, Hillsdale, Michigan Mayor
Arthur J. Weaver, Governor of Nebraska
Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, 2007-2015

Business and philanthropy

James Rowe Adams, founder of the Center for Progressive Christianity
John Arrillaga, real estate (worth $1.4 billion), Stanford University
Former SMS Construction and Mining Systems, Inc. and Komatsu Canada Limited CIO, William Bayer ^[1]
Attorney Melvin Belli
Columbia Sportswear President Tim Boyle
Deloitte former Chairman and CEO, J. Michael Cook
CEO of PSM International Paul J. DeMand
ESPN Senior VP and Director of News Vince Doria
Edelbrock CEO and President Vic Edelbrock, Jr.
Cintas founder Richard T. Farmer
Tom Gegax, entrepreneur, author, angel investor and philanthropist
Alfred A. Gilman, Episcopal bishop
Hardee's Restaurants Chairman Jack Laughery
Attorney William Lerach, University of Pittsburgh
Chris Meek, Vice President of Goldman Sachs
Devon Energy founder John W. Nichols
Former President and CEO of Carolinas Healthcare System Harry A. Nurkin
Bruce Paschal, former Dole Foods President
Paul Rosso, president and chairman of the board of Sumitomo 3M, a joint venture of 3M and Sumitomo Group
Stephen Shapiro, best-selling author, consultant, and public speaker
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp CEO Jeff Stibel
Ben Turner & Co. founder and CEO Ben Turner
J.C. Penny CEO Myron E. Ullman
America's Second Harvest Food Bank founder John van Hengel
XTO Energy CEO Vaughn Vennerberg
Former CEO of General Motors Richard Wagoner
Former Chairman of General Motors Edward Whitacre, Jr.; also former CEO of SBC
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited Chairman Peter Woo

Astronauts

Academics

Hank Brown, former Senator and former President of the University of Colorado
Ralph Cicerone, President of National Academy of Sciences
Kent Hance, Chancellor of Texas Tech University
Martin C. Jischke, President of Purdue University
Jay Keasling, 2006 Discover magazine Scientist of the Year
William English "Brit" Kirwan, Chancellor of the University of Maryland System^[2]
Peter Likins, former President of The University of Arizona
Joseph Rallo, President of Angelo State University
Michael D. Shonrock, President of Lindenwood University

Print and journalism

ABC-TV reporter Dan Abrams
Political commentator Andrew Breitbart
Mythology writer Joseph Campbell
[Red Hat]/Fedora Unleashed co-author Hoyt Duff
Max Ehrmann
Forrest Gump author Winston Groom
NBC-TV reporter Bob Dotson
Fox News host Bill Hemmer of America's Newsroom
Novelist John D. MacDonald
Harper's editor and author Willie Morris
Television journalist and broadcaster Roger Mudd
Author Richard North Patterson
Journalist and World War II war correspondent Quentin Reynolds
The New Republic founder Willard Straight
A. Mims Thomason, former president and chairman of the board of United Press International
Former NYC PR man and amateur cartoonist Bob Wilson
ESPN-SEC/CBS/Atlanta Journal/Constitution - Book author, Sports writer and reporter, columnist/College Football TV analyst "Mr. College Football" Tony Barnhart

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Artists and entertainment industry

Zach Speigel
Actor Robert Armstrong
Cast member on MTV's Are You the One, Season 2 Anthony Bartolotte
Writer and producer Greg Berlanti
Producer, theater operator, actor William K. Brown Jr (Montauk Theatre Productions, New York City)
Sculptor and artist Alexander Calder
Actor, host, and comedian Drew Carey
Actor, comedian Chip Chinery
Film director Fielder Cook
Actor Timothy J. Cox
Actor Bill Fagerbakke
Actor Will Ferrell
Actor Frederic Forrest
Director-screenwriter Stephen Gaghan
Actor Joel Higgins
Comedian Eddie Ifft
Actor and author Jeremy Iversen
Actor Roy Jenson
Actor Aron Kincaid
Film producer Jim Lemley
Actor Thad Luckinbill
Actor James Marsden
Actor Matthew McConaughey
Actor Hannibal Miles^[3]
Actor Austin Miller
Big Brother 17 winner Steve Moses
Cast member on MTV's Are You the One, Season 2 John Moustis
Actor Jim Nabors
Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien
Actor Robert Peters
Actor David Schwimmer
Actor Jarel Settles^[4]
Actor Johnny Sheffield
Actor David Sullivan
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo

Music

Oak Ridge Boys vocalist Duane Allen
Country singer Keith Anderson
R.E.M. lead guitarist Peter Buck
Singer John Denver
Bread lead vocalist David Gates
Restless Heart guitarist Greg Jennings
Craig Klein, co-founder of Bonerama, a brass funk rock band
The Sing-Off-winning a cappella artist Austin Lyons
Singer Al Staehely
Dog's Eye View singer Peter Stuart

Sportscasters

Steve Bunin
Bill Flemming
Bill Macatee
Jon Miller
Pat O'Brien
Jay Randolph
Jon Ritchie
Craig Sager
Tennessee Associated Press best collegiate sportscaster of 2015 Max Herz

Sports

Horse racing

Horse owner and breeder John W. Galbreath
Horse owner Bob Lewis
Horse owner and trainer John T. Ward, Jr.

Other sports

Andy Banachowski, women's volleyball coach at UCLA
Bruce Barnes^[7]
Scott Dunlap
Ludy Langer^[8]
Todd Martin
Mark Mendelblatt
Al Oerter
Jay Randolph
Kyle Rote, Jr.
Roy Saari
Anthony Valentino
John Dunn

Military

Archibald Butt, military advisor to Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Taft; victim of RMS Titanic sinking
Marcus Lutrell, Navy SEAL; author of the book Lone Survivor

References

^ Firefox making inroads to the enterprise, Ziff Davis, 4 May 2009, retrieved 25 September 2010 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
^ Kentucky Delt to give UK commencement speech, Delta Tau Delta, 4 May 2009, retrieved 18 June 2009
^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3649700/
^ http://www.mtv.com/shows/chelsea_settles/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=15055
^ http://www.oudelts.org/page.php?page_id=6629
^ http://www.unl.edu/delt/index_files/FamousDelts.htm
^ The Rainbow, vol. 132, no. 3, p. 52
^ "26 Delts have earned summer Olympic medals" Retrieved: 2010-04-04.

[1] Firefox making inroads to the enterprise, Ziff Davis, 4 May 2009, retrieved 25 September 2010 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[2] Kentucky Delt to give UK commencement speech, Delta Tau Delta, 4 May 2009, retrieved 18 June 2009

[3] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm3649700/

[4] ttp://www.mtv.com/shows/chelsea_settles/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=15055

[5] ttp://www.oudelts.org/page.php?page_id=6629

[6] ttp://www.unl.edu/delt/index_files/FamousDelts.htm

[7] The Rainbow, vol. 132, no. 3, p. 52

[8] "26 Delts have earned summer Olympic medals" Retrieved: 2010-04-04.

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