List of Tau Epsilon Phi members
Tau Epsilon Phi is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded at Columbia University in 1910.[1] Since its establishment, the fraternity has chartered 144 chapters and colonies, chiefly located at universities and colleges on the East Coast.[2][3]
Following are some notable alumni.[4]
Academics
[edit]- Cary Cooper – professor and psychologist
- Ira Pauly – professor and chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada School of Medicine
- Jonas Salk – discoverer of polio vaccine and a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Architecture
[edit]- Max Abramovitz – architect[5]
- Guy Fulton – architect
Business
[edit]- Samuel J. LeFrak – real estate developer
- Harris Rosen – founder of the Rosen Hotels & Resorts
- Bernard Siegel – executive director of the nonprofit Regenerative Medicine Foundation
- Eli Timoner – entrepreneur and business executive most notable for creating Air Florida
Entertainment
[edit]- Jeff Altman – stand-up comedian
- Howard Benson – Grammy-winning music producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, and television producer
- David Duchovny – actor, writer, and director
- Mat Franco – entertainer, magician, winner of America's Got Talent
- Benny Goodman – musician and bandleader
- Larry King – television and radio host
- Gary Kott – writer and supervising producer of The Cosby Show
- Harold Rome – Tin Pan Alley and Broadway songwriter
- Ed Sabol – filmmaker, founder of NFL Films
- Robert Sherman – songwriter
- Jerry Springer – television and radio host
- George Stephanopoulos – television journalist
- Marc Turtletaub – movie producer
Law
[edit]- Irving R. Kaufman – judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Leo M. Gordon – judge with the United States Court of International Trade
- Robert C. Wright – judge with the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas and Pennsylvania House of Representative
- Joseph Wapner – judge on The People's Court
Literature and journalism
[edit]- Eli N. Evans – author about the Jewish experience in the Southern United States and speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson
- Adam Goldstein – author
- Louis Harris – journalist and founder of the Harris Poll
- Mike Sager – author and award-winning journalist
Military
[edit]- Omar Bradley – General of the Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (honorary)
- Neil Woodward – American Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut
Politics
[edit]- Dwight D. Eisenhower – 34th President of the United States (honorary)
- Kenneth A. Gottlieb, U.S. House of Representatives
- Vincent C. Gray – mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Rick Kriseman – mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida
- Elliott H. Levitas – U.S. House of Representatives
- Marvin Mandel – Governor of Maryland
- David Saperstein – United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom[6][7][8]
- Melvin Steinberg – Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- Kirill Reznik –Maryland House of Delegates
- Michael S. Steele – Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Rick Santorum – United States Senator
- Robert C. Wright – Pennsylvania House of Representative and judge Delaware County Court of Common Pleas
Science and engineering
[edit]- Ray Kurzweil – computer scientist, author, and futurist
- David S. Salomon – breast cancer researcher who discovered the cancer gene
- Chad Trujillo – astronomer and co-discoverer of 12 trans-Neptunian objects, including Eris
Sports
[edit]- Red Auerbach – general manager, Boston Celtics
- Bryan Clark – professional wrestler
- Jedd Fisch – football coach of the Michigan Wolverines
- Eddie Fogler – college basketball coach
- Howie Roseman – general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles
- Jared Ross – professional hockey player
- Harry Schwartz – college football player
- Bob Vogel – professional football player with the Baltimore Colts
- Neal Walk – college and professional basketball player
References
[edit]- ^ Baird, Wm Raimond; Brown, James Taylor (1923). Baird's manual of American college fraternities; a descriptive analysis of the fraternity system in the colleges of the United States, with a detailed account of each fraternity (10th ed.). New York: James T. Brown, editor and publisher. pp. 354–356 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ "Active Chapters & Provisional Chapters". Tau Epsilon Phi. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ "Alumni Associations". Tau Epsilon Phi. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Famous Alumni.
- ^ Illio. Champaign, Illinois. 1929. p. 52.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Obama Nominates Rabbi to Religious Freedom Post, Time.com, July 28, 2014, Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ US Senate approves rabbi as freedom of faith envoy, Times of Israel, 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Rabbi David Saperstein confirmed as U.S. Ambassador for Religious Freedom, AL.com, 17 December 2014, Retrieved 19 December 2014.