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List of Alpha Tau Omega brothers

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This is a list of Alpha Tau Omega brothers who have achieved notability.

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Business

  • J. Mark Barnes: Indiana State University; Chief Operating Officer of Volkswagen of America
  • Robert J. Barreto: Clemson University '79; entrepreneur; CEO of GBS Building Supply Company; Executive VP of Mergers and Acquisitions of Iron Mountain Records Management Co.
  • David Bohnett: USC; technology entrepreneur; co-founder of GeoCities
  • Paul Brown: Georgia Tech; CEO of Arby's
  • Sam Calagione: Muhlenberg College 1992; founder of Dogfish Head Brewery
  • Edwin. M Crawford: Auburn '71; CEO of Caremark RX
  • Walt Ehmer: Georgia Tech; CEO of Waffle House
  • Frank Fahrenkopf: Nevada-Reno '59; President and CEO of the American Gaming Association
  • Frank Fertitta III: USC '81; CEO of Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada; owns UFC; co-owner of PRIDE FC Worldwide Holdings
  • Gerald J. Ford: Southern Methodist '66; CEO of Golden State Bancorp
  • Richard S. Fuld, Jr.: Colorado '69; CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings
  • Daniel E. Gill: Northwestern University 1958; former Chairman and President of Bausch & Lomb
  • Richard C. Green: Southern Methodist '76; CEO of Aquila Corporation
  • Matthew J. Hart: Vanderbilt University '74; former President, COO, and CFO of Hilton Hotels
  • James P. Hoffa: Michigan State 1963; President of Teamsters Union; Jimmy Hoffa's son
  • John Jennings: President of Associated Builders and Contractors
  • Michael Jones: Superintendent of the Illinois Lottery
  • J. Erik Jonsson: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; founder of Texas Instruments
  • Michael J. King: Pennsylvania State University; Bursar of Lehigh University
  • George Irl Lazenby, IV: University of Alabama; CEO of Emdeon (2007–present?)
  • Earl T. Leonard Jr.: University of Georgia; Senior Vice President for Coca-Cola
  • Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr.: University of Georgia; President of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp.
  • M Ryan Magnesen: Indiana University, Bloomington; Vice President of Morgan Stanley
  • Richard Allen Manley Jr.: Colby College 1983; Boston bond lawyer
  • Billy Joe "Red" McCombs: University of Texas; former owner of Minnesota Vikings; namesake of McCombs School of Business
  • Shishir Mehrotra: MIT; founder of Centrata; head of YouTube engineering, product management, and user experience at Google
  • William Mitchell: Lamar University 1958; Texas Instruments Vice Chairman (retired)
  • Gregory R. Page: University of North Dakota; President and CEO of Cargill, Inc.
  • Lewis E. Platt: Cornell 1965; former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
  • Bernard Ramsey: University of Georgia; philanthropist
  • C. Dowd Ritter: Birmingham-Southern '69; CEO of Regions Financial Corporation
  • Joseph Wilson Rodgers Jr.: Georgia Institute of Technology; owner of Waffle House
  • Francis M. Scicco: Worcester Poly '68; CEO of Arrow Electronics
  • Christopher A. Sinclair: University of Kansas '71; CEO of Mattel
  • Elton B. Stephens: Birmingham-Southern; founder of EBSCO Industries
  • David M. Thomas: Florida '71; CEO of IMS Health
  • James E. Thompson: San Jose State University; founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Crown Worldwide Group
  • John A. Young: Oregon State University 1953; President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (retired)

    • Education

  • Jason R. Barr: former Associate Dean, Administration and Planning, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  • James Borsig: President of Mississippi University for Women
  • Al Bowman: President of Illinois State University
  • Peter J. Cistone: professor and former Dean of the College of Education, Florida International University, Miami
  • Kevin Clayton: interim president of Lehigh University
  • Dr. Gilbert Fowler: Dean of Honors College at Arkansas State University
  • Jack Hawkins, Jr.: Chancellor of Troy University
  • Frank Hereford: former President of the University of Virginia
  • Robert Kaplan: Asst. Dean of the College of William & Mary Law School
  • Robert Mittelstaedt: Tulane; former Vice Dean of Wharton School; Dean of W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University
  • William Muir: Kansas State; Assistant Vice President of Kansas State University
  • Stephen C. O'Connell: sixth President of the University of Florida (1967–1973)
  • Santa J. Ono: 28th president of University of Cincinnati; 15th president of University of British Columbia
  • Robert L. Potts: first Chancellor of Arkansas State University
  • Howell W. Todd: CEO of South Dakota Board of Regents, 1989-94; President of Mississippi College, 1994-2001

    • Entertainment and media

  • John Besh: celebrity chef
  • Anthony Michael Brooks: world champion Rubik's Cube solver
  • Bugs Bunny: animated Warner Brothers character; initiated in 1947 at University of Kentucky; Warner Bros endorses Bugs as an actual member
  • Dieter (Dominic Dieter): radio personality; co-host of Rover's Morning Glory
  • Dana Elcar: film and TV actor best known for his supporting role on MacGyver
  • Felix Hartmann: Author of Dark Age and Dragon Award Nominee
  • Hunter Ellis: reality TV star; host of History Channel's Tactical to Practical
  • Rob Estes: actor, Melrose Place, Silk Stalkings, 90210
  • Guy Fieri: Food Network star; host of Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives; Nevada-Las Vegas
  • Kent Buxton: rapper aka MC Buttson
  • Brad Fiorenza: MTV's The Real World: San Diego cast member
  • Christopher Fitzgerald: Broadway and film actor
  • Shelby Foote: novelist and Civil War historian
  • Cork Graham: combat photographer imprisoned in Vietnam for illegally entering the country while looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd
  • Bob Guiney: Bob the Bachelor from The Bachelor 4
  • Andrew Haug: Australian radio announcer; drummer for Contrive; considered by many to be the Howard Stern of Australia
  • Jack Ingram: country music performer
  • Matt Jones: Broadway producer who headed the adaptation of Requiem for a Dream
  • Greg Kinnear: Talk Soup host; 1998 Academy Award nominee
  • Bert Kreischer: stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host; known as "The Machine"
  • Art Linkletter: television personality; author, Kids Say The Darndest Things
  • Elmer Lower: former president of ABC News
  • Frank Marshall: film producer and director; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment
  • Garry Marshall: film director; Pretty Woman, Overboard), television producer (Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley; used ATO in the latter seasons of Happy Days several times, and an ATO fraternity paddle can be seen hanging on the wall of "Arnold's"
  • Jon Meacham: Editor of Newsweek; bestselling author; commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America
  • Jesse Pasley: hip hop artist
  • Forrest Sawyer: ABC News, Nightline
  • Adam Schroeder: Warner Brothers and FOX New Regency movie producer; Chronicle, The Truman Show, Clueless
  • Elliot Segal: radio DJ and host of Elliot in the Morning
  • Grant Show: actor, Melrose Place
  • Benjamin R. Smith: author; movie producer; writer of Carousel; co-writer of the screenplay by the same name with Richard O'Sullivan
  • Stryker: radio DJ and co-host of the radio show Loveline
  • Vinnie Vozzo: guitarist; musician; American Idol finalist, 2010
  • Tennessee Williams: Pulitzer Prize winner for A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Reynolds Wolf: CNN meteorologist
  • Richard H. Bryan: former US Senator and Nevada Governor (Nevada-Reno); former Nevada Attorney General
  • Frank Cassas: listed as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" (Nevada-Reno)
  • Frank Fahrenkopf: former Chair of the Republican National Committee (Nevada-Reno); former President and CEO of the American Gaming Association; founded the law firm Fahrenkopf, Mortimer, Sourwine, Mousel and Sloane
  • Procter Ralph Hug, Jr.: Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Nevada-Reno)
  • Steven R. Kosach: current Washoe County District Court Judge (Nevada-Reno)
  • Ron Motley: trial lawyer; one of the lead attorneys in tobacco settlement, Union Carbide India; University of South Carolina
  • Mark NeJame: criminal defense lawyer; founder of NeJame Law; CNN legal analyst; notable cases include those of Tiger Woods, Casey Anthony, Lou Pearlman, and University of Florida
  • Eli Northrup: criminal defense attorney; rapper
  • William J. Raggio: Nevada State Senator (Nevada-Reno); former D.A. of Washoe County in Nevada (1958–1970)
  • Jim Santini: US Congressman, State of Nevada (Nevada-Reno); former Nevada district court judge
  • Grant Sawyer: Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967 (Nevada-Reno); co-founded Lionel Sawyer & Collins in 1967, which before its closing was the largest private law firm in Nevada
  • William L. Summers: criminal defense lawyer; past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; notable cases include Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision and New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
  • Michael Waddington: court martial defense lawyer; notable cases include Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal, the Iron Triangle murder case (William B. Hunsaker), the Maywand District killings, and the Mahmudiyah killings
  • Edward C. Reed, Jr: Staff Sergeant in WWII, prisoner of war, lawyer, U.S. District Court Judge (Nevada-Reno)

    • Military

  • William E. Berry: University of Mississippi; Colonel, Army (retired); past ATO National Fraternity President
  • George S. Rentz: recipient of the Navy Cross
  • Holland Smith: Auburn University; General, USMC; the "father" of modern US amphibious warfare
  • Charles F. Wald: North Dakota State; General, USAF (retired); EUCOM Deputy Commander 2002-2006
  • Edward C. Reed, Jr: Staff Sergeant in WWII, prisoner of war, lawyer, U.S. District Court Judge (Nevada-Reno)
  • Steven R. Kosach: Current Washoe County District Court Judge; former member of the university's championship 1965 baseball team for University of Nevada; earned two silver stars in Vietnam (Nevada-Reno)
  • Frank Bowman: Duke University; Four-Star Admiral, US Navy (retired); former Chief of Naval Personnel and former Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    • Politics

  • Lee Atwater: Chair of the Republican National Committee
  • Birch Bayh: US Senator (Indiana)
  • Richard H. Bryan: former US Senator and Nevada Governor (Nevada-Reno)
  • C. Farris Bryant: Governor of Florida 1961-1965; University of Florida
  • George C. Butte: jurist and Texas politician
  • Alberto "Al" Cardenas: political lobbyist; Florida Atlantic University
  • Frank Cassas: listed as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" (Nevada-Reno)
  • Lawton Chiles: US Senator; Governor of Florida 1991-1998; University of Florida
  • Federico Clerici: Congressman in Argentina, 1986-1993
  • Nathan Deal: Governor of Georgia; Mercer University
  • Andrew Durham: Head of NASA Communications; President of Nigeria University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky
  • James Eastland: US Senator from 1942-1979; Senate Pro Tempore, 1972–1979
  • Frank Fahrenkopf: Chair of the Republican National Committee; president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (Nevada-Reno)
  • Sam Gibbons: Congressman
  • Matt Griffin: current Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Nevada (Nevada-Reno)
  • Stephen H. Grimes: Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court; University of Florida
  • Edward J. Gurney: US Senator, Florida
  • Lee H. Hamilton: US Congressman, Indiana
  • Spessard Holland: US Senator; Governor of Florida; University of Florida
  • Roy M. Huffington: Ambassador to Austria, 1990-93; named Ambassador of the Year in 1992 by the Diplomatic Club of Vienna
  • Procter Ralph Hug, Jr.: Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Nevada-Reno)
  • Willis B. Hunt Jr.: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia; Emory University
  • Harry A. Johnston: US Congressman, Florida
  • Robert H. Johnson: state senator from Rock Springs, Wyoming; University of Wyoming
  • Kurt Kelly: State Representative dist. 24 Florida; Florida State University
  • Jack Kemp: 1996 candidate for US Vice President; former US Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • Tom Kindness: US Congressman, Ohio; University of Maryland, College Park
  • Steven R. Kosach: Washoe County District Court Judge; former member of the championship '65 baseball team of the University of Nevada; earned two silver stars in Vietnam (Nevada-Reno)
  • Clarence D. Long: US Representative, 1963-1985
  • Mike Mansfield: US Senate Majority Leader, 1961-1977
  • Mel Martinez: US Senator, Florida; honorary initiate in Spring 1997, Eta Rho chapter; sponsored by ATO's former National President Bruce O'Donoghue to help Martinez further his political career; this special initiation helped him gain local office in Orange County, Florida, which he then used to catapult to national prominence
  • Larry McDonald: Georgia Congressman; killed on Korean Air Flight 007
  • Harry Mitchell: US Congressman, Arizona
  • Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967); President of the University of Florida (1967-1973)
  • John E. Porter: Congressman, Illinois
  • William J. Raggio: Nevada State Senator (Nevada-Reno)
  • Jim Santini: US Congressman, Nevada (Nevada-Reno)
  • Grant Sawyer: Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967 (Nevada-Reno)
  • Eric Simons: Jackson Township trustee
  • Alan K. Simpson: US Senator, Wyoming
  • Charles H. Smelser: former Maryland State Senator; University of Maryland, College Park
  • James C. Smith: former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State; Florida State University
  • J. Christopher Stevens: former US Ambassador to Libya (June - September 2012); killed in the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi
  • Lindsay C. Stevens: US Representative, 1925-1940
  • Edward C. Reed, Jr: Staff Sergeant in WWII, prisoner of war, lawyer, U.S. District Court Judge (Nevada-Reno)
  • James Stockdale: 1992 Independent vice-presidential nominee
  • John S. Tanner: US Congressman from Tennessee; University of Tennessee
  • Ken Tedford: Mayor of the City of Fallon in Nevada (Nevada-Reno)

    • Religion

  • James Milton Richardson: fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, 1965–1980; national chief (president) of ATO, 1952–1956

    • Science

  • Vannevar Bush: physicist; WWII advisor; architect of modern government science policy
  • Arthur Holly Compton: physicist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Karl Compton: physicist and influential science advisor in World War II; President of MIT

    • Sports

  • John Ayers: NFL football player, 1977–1987
  • Dom Capers: defensive coordinator, Green Bay Packers; former NFL head coach
  • Chris Capuano: MLB pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Bud Collins: tennis announcer, author
  • Cris Collinsworth: former NFL wide receiver, sports anchor
  • Lee Corso: sports commentator, football coach
  • Len Dawson: NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl IV MVP, sports anchor
  • Ted DiBiase: "The Million Dollar Man"; former WWF wrestler
  • Gerry Fraley: Dallas morning news sports reporter; former college athlete
  • Terry Funk: pro wrestler
  • Mike Droese: "Duke The Dumpster"; former WWE wrestler
  • Joe Girardi: New York Yankees current manager and former catcher; former Florida Marlins manager
  • Steve Gleason: NFL football player, 2000-2008
  • Lucas Glover: Clemson University; PGA Tour golfer; winner of the 2009 US Open
  • Curt Gowdy: sports broadcaster for five decades; seven Super Bowls and 14 World Series
  • Lou Groza: NFL Hall of Famer
  • Joe B. Hall: former head basketball coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats (1978 National Champions)
  • Bill Ireland: University of Nevada; Las Vegas Baseball Coach 1960-1967; UNLV's first Athletic Director; the "father of UNLV athletics" (Nevada-Reno)
  • Keith Jackson: sports commentator, ABC
  • Tommy John: Major League baseball pitcher; four-time All Star team; initiated in 1964; Indiana State University
  • James Davis Josey: track and field athlete: 100, 200, and 400 meter dash finalists for Olympics (Mississippi State University)
  • Ed Jucker: former head coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team; coached the team to two national championships in the 1960-61 and 1961-62 seasons
  • Ernie Koy: Texas Longhorns, 1963 National Champions; Pro Bowl running back for New York Giants
  • William Little: known as the "father of Southern football"; introduced football at the University of Alabama
  • Joel McNulty: All Time Big Ten Conference men's track and field winner; two record-setting and one other win, 1952-1953
  • Magnum T.A.: "Terry Allen"; Former WWF pro wrestler
  • Curt Miller: head coach of Indiana University women's basketball
  • Jim Mora: former head coach of the New Orleans Saints
  • Victor Oladipo: NCAA 1st Team All-American for the Indiana Hoosiers
  • Rob Pannell: all-time NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse scoring leader at Cornell University
  • Roger Reina: former UPenn wrestling coach
  • Mike Schellin: boxer 1966-68; University of Nevada Hall of Fame; undefeated 32-0 at Nevada; three-time California Collegiate Boxing Conference titles; two-time winner of the Julius LaRowe Memorial Trophy; runner-up at the 1968 Western Regional Olympic Trials (Nevada-Reno)
  • Brandon Slay: gold medalist at Sydney Olympics in wrestling
  • Steve Spurrier: head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks; Heisman Trophy winner 1966 at University of Florida; former Florida head coach; 1996 National Championship
  • Brad Stevens: Head Coach of the Boston Celtics; former Head Coach of Butler Bulldogs basketball team; DePauw University
  • Jason Szuminski: MLB baseball player (San Diego Padres) - 1st major league athlete drafted from MIT
  • Robby Thompson: second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, 1986-1996; winner of the Willie Mac Award in 1991
  • Jim Tressel: former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes (2002 National Champions)
  • Matt Valenti: two-time NCAA national champion wrestler
  • Chandler Worthy: WR for the Houston Texans, 2015-present
  • Jack Youngblood: NFL Hall of Fame

    • References

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