For over one hundred years the Sigma Pi Fraternity experience has proven to be a catalyst in the future development of our members. Many Sigma Pi men have gone to become very successful after college in various walks of life such as sports, the arts and entertainment, education, business, the military and government.

A tradition that continues . . .

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT >>

• James Avelar (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) Senior Production Accountant, Walt Disney Studios
• Kristofor Brown (Gamma-Mu, Wisconsin-Oshkosh) Animation Artist, MTV Network
• Robert Burgess (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) Entertainer, Mickey Mouse Club (Mouseketeer) and the Lawrence Welk Show
• William G. Carr (Upsilon, UCLA) Executive Secretary, National Educational Association; Author of Collecting My Thoughts and The Continuing Education of William Carr (an autobiography)
• Raymond O. Evans (Gamma, Ohio State) Cartoonist and Staff Artist, Columbus Dispatch and Baltimore News-American
• Christofaro "Chris" Fiore (Alpha-Upsilon, Rhode Island) Actor, TV-show Baywatch
• Dudley T. Fisher (Gamma, Ohio State) Cartoonist, Columbus Dispatch (Began service with newspaper in 1912)
• James Goss (Alpha-Rho, Missouri State) Director of Creative Productions; NBC Productions
• Lewis Grizzard (Alpha-Phi, Georgia) Author; Syndicated Columnist: Atlanta Journal-Constitution & Southern Humorist
• Willard Kiplinger (Gamma, Ohio State) Editor, The Washington Letter, WWI Correspondent; Author of Washington is Like That
• Tracy Lawrence (Epsilon-Kappa, Southern Arkansas) Award Winning Country Music Artist
• William Maxwell (Phi, Illinois) Editorial Staff Member, The New Yorker (regular contributor since 1936); Author of The Folded Leaf, The Bright Center of Heaven, and They Came Like Swallows
• Albert E. McKinley (Kappa, Temple) Editor, History Magazine
• Harry E. Pratt (Phi, Illinois) Secretary, Lincoln Foundation; Historian and Author (Lincoln and Civil War period)
• James B. "Scotty" Reston, Jr. (Phi, Illinois) VP (1969-1989), Executive Editor (1968) and Staff Member (1939-89), The New York Times, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1945 & 1957)
• Todd T. Roeland (Epsilon-Omega, SUNY-Potsdam) Production Sports Manager, MTV Network
• Sylvan T. Runkel (Sigma, Iowa State) Conservationist, Author of Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands and Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie
• Scott Shields (Beta, Indiana) Visual Effects Coordinator, 20th Century FOX Pictures
• Lewis W. Shollenberger (Theta, Penn State) Director of Special Events and News Operations, ABC (Washington News Bureau)
• Barry Weiss (Mu, Cornell) CEO, Jive Records
• F. Howard Willoughby (Iota, California) Executive VP and Director, Lane Publishing Company (Sunset Magazine)
• Peter F. Yelverton (Epsilon-Theta, Elon) Video Editor, The Golf Channel

BUSINESS >>

• Stanley H. Armstrong (Alpha-Beta, University of Michigan) Executive Director, The Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust and the Cantigny Trust
• J. Perry Barger (Mu, Cornell) President, Dynatech Corporation
• Loy J. Baxter (Beta, Indiana) Chairman and CEO, Evalucon Inc.
• Cletus A. Broecker (Eta, Purdue) Executive VP and COO, Amax Coal Company; Member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher (an honor conferred by the Pope)
• George A. Bryant (Phi, Illinois) President, Austin Company
• Henry J. Burt, Jr. (Phi, Illinois) President, The Wall-Fill Company
• Morris North Burt (Phi, Illinois) Chairman of the Board, The Wall-Fill Company
• Leroy Coffman (Gamma, Ohio State) President, R.G. Coffman Company (leading manufacturer of ornamental iron)
• Raymond H. Cummins (Zeta, Ohio Northern) Chairman and CEO, Goldsmith's Department Stores
• William J. Cutbirth, Jr. (Upsilon, UCLA) VP & GM, Gray Line Inc.; Board Member, Board of Directors of Continental Bank; Western Regional Director, Airline Ground Transportation Association; NIC President (1974, only Sigma Pi to ever serve in this position)
• James Donlon (Gamma-Psi, St. Louis) Director of Sales, Gramercy Pictures
• Willis DuPont (Mu, Cornell) President, DuPont Chemicals
• Stanley R. Felderman (Phi, Illinois) Chairman of the Board, Pacific Information Management Inc.
• Herman G. Fisher (Theta, Penn State) Co-founder, Fisher Price Toys (1930)
• D. A. Flammia (Alpha-Nu, Wake Forest) President, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
• Laurence H. Fuller (Mu, Cornell) CEO and Chairman of the Board, Amoco Corporation (1991-Present)
• Kenneth K. Hackathron (Mu, Cornell) VP, United Broadcasting Company; General Manager, WHK-Cleveland
• Harry S. Hanna (Gamma, Ohio State) President, Indiana Bell Telephone Company
• Walter West Hitesman (Alpha-Kappa, LSU) Senior VP, Eastern Airlines; President Reader's Digest
• Paul Kozlicki (Gamma-Pi, Indiana State) VP, Tonka Toys; President and Owner, GPT
• Charles T. Manley (Eta, Purdue) President, Manley Inc. (one of the largest popcorn wholesalers in the US)
• William D. Meyer (Upsilon, UCLA) Assistant Secretary and Director, Carter-Hawley Hale Stores, Inc.
• Ralph W. Munn (Gamma, Ohio State) Director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1928-64)
• Joel E. Nystrom (Sigma, Iowa State) Executive Director, International Committee of the YMCA
• Loran S. O'Bannon (Beta, Indiana) President, American Ceramic Society; Publisher, Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering; World renowned expert on ceramics
• John E. Parker (Upsilon, UCLA) President, Parker Industries, Inc.
• Frank C. Pfister (Phi, Illinois) President, National Recording Company
• Arthur F. Plant (Zeta, Ohio Northern) VP, Austin Company
• Edward Rogers (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) President, Dow Chemical Industries of Japan
• R. Thomas Sawyer (Gamma, Ohio State) Industrial Research Manager, American Locomotive Company
• Roy W. Simmons (Pi, Utah) CEO, Zions 1st National Bank (Utah); President, Lockhart Company
• John P. Soult (Alpha-Iota, Missouri-Rolla) President and Chairman of the Board, Fruin-Colnon Corporation
• Leroy G. Spencer (Phi, Illinois) Executive VP, Packard Motor Car Company
• C. Guy Suits (Tau, Wisconsin) VP and (former) Director, General Electric Company
• Lawrence J. Walkup (Beta-Iota, Northern Arizona) President, Bendix Corporation of America
• Robert R. Weiland (Gamma, Ohio State) Chief Administrative Officer and VP-Law; The Huffy Corporation
• Ralph A. Wenger (Mu, Cornell) General Manager, Scott-Burr Stores Corporation
• John Whittle, Jr. (Theta, Penn State) President and CEO (1989-91), Chair of the Board (1991-present), Farmers & Traders Life Insurance Company
• Ira King Wilkin (Iota, California) President and Chairman, Zellerbach Paper Corporation; Director, Lily-Tulip Cup Corporation
• Dallas C. Wood (Alpha-Pi, Arkansas State) CEO, Dallas Wood Realty; Lt. Col., US Army
• Ned L. Woodward (Zeta, Ohio Northern) President, Woodward Machine & Tool Company
• George A. Wrisley (Phi, Illinois) VP and GM, Allen B. Wrisley Company (manufacturer of soaps and cosmetics)

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, EDUCATION & RELIGION >>

• Dr. Isaac K. Beckes (Alpha, Vincennes) President, Vincennes University (IN) (1950-80)
• Dr. Warren Bow (Phi, Illinois) President, Wayne University (1942-45); Superintendent, City of Detroit Schools
• Dr. Robert L. Burns (Delta-Phi, Wisconsin-LaCrosse) President, Washburn University of Topeka (KS), (1988-90); President, Peru State College (NE), (1996-99); Executive Director, Florida Gulf Coast University (1999-Present)
• Russell H. Conwell (Kappa, Temple) Founding President, Temple University (1884-1925)
• William F. Creighton (Delta, Pennsylvania) Episcopal Bishop of Washington, DC (1962-77)
• Dr. Walter A. Davis (Alpha, Vincennes) President, Vincennes University (IN) (1924-50)
• Dr. Wallace W. Hall, Jr. (Gamma, Ohio State) Founding President, West Valley College (Saratoga, CA), (1963-70)
• William A. Halnon (Alpha, Vincennes) President, Vincennes University (IN) (1914-23)
• Dr. Nevin C. Harner (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) President, Heidelberg College of Ohio (1945-47)
• William Hazell (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) President, Newark College of Engineering (Presently NJIT), (1970-75)
• Robert L. Johnson (Kappa, Temple) President, Temple University (1941-51)
• John W. Letson (Alpha-Delta, Auburn) Superintendent, City of Atlanta Public School System (1960-76)
• Arthur Lichtenberger (Lambda, Kenyon) Past Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the US (1958-64)
• Herbert E. Longenecker (Theta, Penn State) President, Tulane University (1960-75)
• Arthur R. McKinstry (Lambda, Kenyon) Bishop of the Diocese of Delaware
• Maxwell L. Rafferty (Upsilon, UCLA) State Superintendent, California Public Instruction (1963-71)
• Frederick L. Sorsabal (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) 141st Grand Master of Freemasons for the state of California (2006-Present)
• George D. Stoddard (Theta, Penn State) President, The State University of New York (1941-45); Educational Advisor to General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito in US Occupation of Japan (1945); President, University of Illinois (1946-53); Chancellor, New York University (1960-64); Chancellor, Long Island University (1968-69); Author of more than 15 books
• Robert Van Houten (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) President, Newark College of Engineering (presently NJIT), (1947-70)
• Elmer G. Van Name (Kappa, Temple) Founding President (1926), South Jersey Law School (presently Rutgers Law School)

GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, LAW & MILITARY >>

• Jere L. Beasley (Delta-Psi, Troy) Lieutenant Governor, State of Alabama (1971-79)
• Mike Beebe (Alpha-Pi, Arkansas State) Arkansas State Senator (1982-2002), 51st Arkansas State Attorney General (Present) and Democratic Candidate for Governor (2006)
• Frank T. Bow (Zeta, Ohio Northern) US Congressman, 16th District (R-OH), (1951-72); Nominated by President Nixon to serve as Ambassador to Panama (passed away prior to taking office)
• James R. Bullington (Alpha-Delta, Auburn) US Ambassador to Burundi (1983-86)
• James V. Carmichael (Psi, Emory) State of GA Congressman (1937-40); GA Gubernatorial candidate (1946); President, Scripto Inc.; VP, Bell Aircraft Corporation
• Richard A. Chappell (Alpha-Epsilon, Mercer) Chief of the Division of Probation of the US Courts; Chairman of the US Parole Board (served under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson)
• Ray D. Free (Pi, Utah) Major General, US Army Reserves; Past Commander of the 96th US Army Reserve Command (Gt. Douglas, UT); President, Reserve Officers Association (1969-70)
• John Gregg (Alpha, Vincennes) Speaker of the House, Indiana House of Representatives (elected 1986 to House, served as Speaker 1996-2002)
• William P. Harlin (Pi, Utah) Lawyer and Partner in the firm of Talboe & Harline (Salt Lake City, UT)
• William Harsha II (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) US Congressman, 6th District (R-OH), (1961-81); Distinguished Member, US House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
• David W. Hopkins (Xi, Iowa) US Congressman, 4th District, (R-MO), (1929-33)
• Girard East Kalbfleisch (Zeta, Ohio Northern) Senior Judge, US District Court
• Sir Baron Walter Downing de Skiodung-Erlach Kephart (Delta, Pennsylvania) Descendant of the Danish Monarchy
• Herbert H. Kerr (Delta, Pennsylvania) Director of Health Services Division, US Department of Health Education and Welfare
• Robert L. Larson (Xi, Iowa) Justice, Iowa State Supreme Court
• George W. Latimer (Pi, Utah) Justice, Utah Supreme Court; Judge, US Military Court of Appeals
• Harry G. Leslie (Eta, Purdue) Governor (R), State of Indiana (1929-33)
• Tim Leslie (Beta-Omicron, Cal State-Long Beach) California State Assembly
• James E. Livingston (Alpha-Delta, Auburn) Brigadier General, US Army
• James M. Lyle (Alpha-Eta, William & Mary) Major General, US Army; Commanding General, US Army Cadet Command (ROTC)
• Hans M. Mark (Iota, California) Chancellor, University of Texas School System (1984-95); Secretary of the Air Force (1977-79); Deputy Administrator, NASA; Director of Office of Defense Research and Engineering, US Dept. of Defense (Pentagon)
• Edwin L. Mechaem (Beta-Xi, New Mexico State) Governor, State of New Mexico (1951-53, 1953-55, 1957-59, 1961-62); US Senator, State of New Mexico (1962-64); US District Judge (1970-Present)
• Howard E. Milliken (Theta, Penn State) Mayor, City of Harrisburg, PA (1940-48); Recipient, Seibert Memorial Prize
• Ben Miller (Beta-Nu, SIU-Carbondale) Chief Justice, Illinois State Supreme Court (1991-Present); Associate Justice (1984-91)
• W. Carleton Mobley (Alpha-Eta, William & Mary) Chief Justice, Georgia State Supreme Court (1969-75); Associate Justice (1954-69); US Congressman, 6th District (D-GA, 1932-33) One of the youngest people to be elected to Congress at the age of 25 years, 2 months and 25 days
• John T. Myers (Beta-Gamma, Eastern Illinois) US Congressman, 7th District (R-IN), (1967-97)
• Clarence C. Newcomer (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) Judge, US Federal District Court, Eastern District-PA (1972-present)
• William R. Peers (Upsilon, UCLA) Lt. General, US Army (Commanding General of 4th Infantry Division of Vietnam, and Commanding General of Field Forces I in Vietnam); Investigator, US Army War Crimes Investigation of the My Lai Incident of Vietnam; Author of The My Lai Incident
• M. Allan Pomeroy (Alpha-Gamma, Washington) Mayor, City of Seattle (1952-56) James J. Rhoades (Beta-Psi, East Stroudsburg) Senator, State of Pennsylvania (1980-Present)
• Clarence H. Robertson (Eta, Purdue) Advisor, Ministry of Industries for the Republic of China
• James Ross (Upsilon, UCLA) Superior Court Judge, Orange County, CA; Author of I, Jesse James (Ross is the great-grandson of the famous outlaw, Jesse James)
• Curtis G. Shake (Alpha, Vincennes) Chief Justice, Indiana State Supreme Court; Executive Presiding Judge, US War Crimes Tribunals at Nuremberg, Germany; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Vincennes University; Author of A History of Vincennes University (1928), The Old Cathedral and Its Environs (1934), and A Navel History of Vincennes (1936)
• Emory C. Swank (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) US Ambassador to Cambodia (1970-73)
• John T. Taylor (Kappa, Temple) Lawyer and Lobbyist for WWI Veterans; General, US Army; WWI Hero (honored by 6 countries); Author of the GI Bill of Rights; Advisor, American Legion
• William I. Troutman (Nu, Franklin & Marshall) US Congressman (R-PA), (1943-45)
• Royal A. Vitousek (Iota, California) Speaker of the House, House of Representatives for the Territory of Hawaii (1932-33, 1935-40, 1943-44), Legislator (1923-32)
• Julian Webb (Alpha-Epsilon, Mercer) Senator (D), State of Georgia (1963-74); Judge, GA Circuit Court of Appeals
• Roland V. Wise (Pi, Utah) Director, IRS of the State of Utah

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY >>

• Max Ellis (Alpha, Vincennes) Explorer and Leader, Gimbel Scientific Expedition to British Guiana
• John D. Humber (Omicron, Tulane) Founder, Physicians and Surgeons, World Medical Association
• Samuel P. Landers (Gamma-Nu, Akron) Chief Engineer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Inventor, Goodyear Aquatred Tire
• William Mensch (Kappa, Temple) CEO and Inventor, Western Design Centre, Inc.; Inventor, Microprocessor for Apple MacIntosh II Computer and other Microprocessors
• Benjamin Franklin Miessner (Eta, Purdue) Inventor and Pioneer in Aircraft Radio
• Paul Richards (Beta-Theta, Drexel) Astronaut Candidate (Mission Specialist), NASA
• Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (Alpha-Mu, NJIT) Astronaut and US Navy Captain, Commanding Pilot for Apollo 7, Mercury and Gemini Programs (7 total missions); only astronaut to fly all three; Chairman, Serenco, Inc.; President, Regency Investors, Inc.
• Maurice C. Tanquary (Alpha, Vincennes) Explorer, Crocker Land Arctic Expedition, North Greenland
• Arthur W. Turner (Sigma, Iowa State) President, ASAE; Head Researcher, USDA
• Luther S. West (Mu, Cornell) Scientist-Consultant, World Health Organization, United Nations; Chief of Medical Entomology Section, Division of Parasitology, Army Medical School, Army Medical Center