Some famous members you'll recognize - Bob Dole , John Murtha, Robert Redford, Jimmy Buffett, Ted Turner, Edward R. Murrow, Sam Donaldson, Jerry Jones. (See below for a more extensive list.)
Some Notable Contemporary Business Leaders:
Craig Barrett CEO, Intel
Ted Turner media mogul (TNT,TBS,CNN, Atlanta Braves)
Todd Wagner Broadcast.com co-founder
Robert Eaton Chairman DaimlerChrysler AG
Alan Mulally President and CEO Ford Motor Company
William R. Johnston (Mu) recent President NYSE
Mike Eskew CEO, UPS
William Hewlett CEO, Hewlett Packard
Gary Forsee President and CEO of Sprint Nextel
Howard Hyle Vice President of Coca-Cola
Gordon Binder CEO of AMGen
Cyrus R. Smith Former President of American Airlines
Willard F. Rockwell Founder of Rockwell International
Richard Rainwater, ENSCO; Columbia Hospital Corp; Mid Ocean Ltd; Crescent Equities
Ben Gilmer CEO, AT&T
R.W. Lundgren Chairman of the Board, Dow Chemical
Allen Jacobson CEO, 3M Company
J. Tylee Wilson Chairman, RJR Nabisco
Pierson M. Grieve CEO, Ecolab, Inc
John P. Surma, Jr.Chairman and CEO of US Steel
Robert G. Krebs CEO, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad Corp.
Paul Henson Chairman of the Board, United Telecom
Jack Smith, Jr., President, General Motors
Some Current Governors, Attorney Generals and Congressmen:
Governor Sonny Perdue Georgia
Governor Win Caddenhead Mississippi
Governor Paul Patton Kentucky
Sen. Richard Burr North Carolina
Congressman Vic Snyder
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas
And some former Kappa Sigmas in Government:
Bob Dole, Former United States Senator, Kansas, Republican Presidential candidate
John Ehrlichman, Counsel and Assistant to the Pres., Domestic Affairs under Pres. Nixon
Dante Fascell, Former Congressman, Florida
Estes Kefauver, Former US Senator, Tennessee
John G. Tower, Former Senator, Texas
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. (Accepted and was inducted at his son's chapter with honors.)
Lee S. Drey, Former Governor of Wisconsin
David C. Treen, Former Governor of Louisiana
Paul Patton, Governor of Kentucky
Joe D. Waggoner, Jr., Congressman, Louisiana former Chairman of Ways and Means.
Larry M. Speakes, Press Secretary for President Ronald Reagan.
Paul J. Fannin, Former Arizona Senator
Marty Petersen, Deputy Director of the CIA
Dante B. Fascell U.S. House of Representatives for 38 years (1955-1993)
Beauford H. Jester, Former Governor of Texas
Some Notable brothers in Medicine and the Sciences:
Edgar Mitchell, Astronaut on Apollo XIV
John Covert Boyd, incorporated the American National Red Cross
Denton Cooley, Founder Texas Heart Institute, performed first heart transplant in U. S.
Lee Berger, Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer, awarded the First National Geographic Prize for Research and Exploration
Edwin Hubble (Gamma-Beta), astronomer, namesake of Hubble Space Telescope
Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (Delta-Gamma) University of Wyoming. NASA Apollo Program Dir.
Some Kappa Sigmas in Sports:
Bert Jones, former Quarterback, Baltimore Colts (ret)
Chris Festa, Indy Pro Series, #9 Car
Chip Ganassi Racing Team
Dick Schafrath, 6-time Pro Bowler, Cleveland Browns (now an Ohio State Senator)
Curtis Strange, professional golfer
Phil Hill, Formula 1 driver Rick Barry, NBA Hall of Fame
Fisher DeBerry, Head Football Coach, Air Force Academy
Lloyd Carr, Head Football Coach, Michigan
Jerry Jones, Owner, Dallas Cowboys
Lamar Hunt, Owner, Kansas City Chiefs, Columbus Crew, Kansas City Wizards & F.C. Dallas Founder of the American Football League, Co founder North American Soccer League, and Major League Soccer
George J. Maloof, Jr., owns Sacramento Kings, Sacramento Monarchs, Palms Hotel & Casino Brian Sipe, former MVP quarterback, Cleveland Browns
Lanny Wadkins, Professional golfer (1995 Ryder Cup Team) Jay Haas, Delta, Professional golfer
Peter Jacobsen, Professional golfer Charlie Monfort, Owner of the Colorado Rockies Cam Cameron, Head Coach, Miami Dolphins
Brian Young, Starting Defensive Guard New Orleans Saints
Greg Landry, former Quarterback, Detroit Lions (ret)
Ted Hendricks, Defensive End, Raiders, Hall of Fame
Dan Dierdorf, Offensive Lineman, St Louis Cardinals, Hall of Fame
Cecil Upshaw Jr., Pitcher, Atlanta Braves (ret)
Richie Cunningham, Kicker, Dallas Cowboys
Chuck Dobson, Pitcher, California Angels (ret)
Rollie Massimino, Head Basketball Coach, Villanova University
Erik Russell, Head Football coach, Georgia Southern
Some Important Facts About Fraternities
• A majority of the 600 NIC fraternity chapters are above the All-Men's scholastic average.
• 76% of our nation's Senators are Greek alumni.
• 40 of 47 U.S. Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were fraternity men.
• 85% of the top executives in the Fortune 500, including ...CEO's of 43 of the top 50 companies (six of those were not educated in the U.S.)
• 71% of the men listed in Who's Who in America are Fraternity men.
• All but three U.S. Presidents in the last century were Fraternity men.
• Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730 campuses are involved in the Greek community.
• A U.S. Government study shows that over 70% of all those who join a fraternity/sorority graduate, while under 50% of all non-fraternity/sorority persons graduate.
• Less than 0.25% (that's less than a quarter of percent for you non math majors) of an NYU student's expenses go toward fraternity dues.
• Incidentally, a trustee and dean of the University are Kappa Sigma's and several are members of other fraternities. (No, they aren't going to change your grade or your tuition but they're great guys.) Conclusion: You Can Succeed Without Having the Benefits of Being In a Fraternity But Statistics Show It is Far Less Likely.
