# List of Theta Chi members

This is a list of notable members of Theta Chi fraternity.

## Armed services

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Sergeant Coby D. Schomberg | Iota Mu / Missouri | U.S. Army, Served oversees while being active in his chapter |
| General Jimmie V. Adams | Chi / Auburn | Commander in Chief of US Pacific Air Forces |
| Major General Francis William Billado | Alpha / Norwich | Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard |
| Captain James M. Burt | Alpha / Norwich | U.S. Army, Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Recipient, World War II |
| Brigadier General Kenneth B. Bush | Rho / Illinois | U.S. Army, Distinguished Service Medal recipient, Korean War |
| Major General Reginald M. Cram | Alpha / Norwich | Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard |
| Major General Grenville M. Dodge | Alpha / Norwich | Union Army officer in the Civil War; railroad executive, helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad |
| Colonel Charles Ross Greening | Alpha Omicron / Washington State | Flew in Gen. James Doolittle's first air raid on Tokyo in World War II |
| Vice Admiral George Raymond Henderson | Gamma / Maine | USN, a World War II-era officer |
| General Robert Neller | Xi / Virginia | Commandant of the Marine Corps |
| Lieutenant General H. P. (Pete) Osman | Zeta Pi / Old Dominion | USMC, Responsible for Toys for Tots on the Eastern Seaboard |
| Captain Harl Pease Jr., | Zeta / New Hampshire | Army Air Corps Medal of Honor awarded posthumously on December 2, 1942, and Pease AFB named in honor of him |
| General John M. Shalikashvili | Gamma Upsilon / Bradley | Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| Colonel Edward Shames | Zeta Pi / Old Dominion | Led troops in American airborne landings in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden as well as Battle of the Bulge, portrayed by Joseph May in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers |
| Major General William Russell Todd | Alpha / Norwich | Former president of Norwich University |
| Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort | Beta Eta / Washington College | Led American airborne landings in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden in World War II |
| Major Harold Watson | Alpha / Norwich | Flew in Doolittle Raid in World War II |
| Brigadier General Edward Bancroft Williston | Alpha / Norwich | U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War |

## Arts and entertainment

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Jeffery Mapps | Delta Omicron / Gettysburg College | Set Design |
| Steven Spielberg | Zeta Epsilon / CSU-Long Beach | Movie producer, writer, Academy Award-winning director |
| Charles Addams | Iota/Colgate | Cartoonist for The New Yorker, creator of The Addams Family |
| Edward Andrews | Xi/Virginia | Actor, appeared in over 50 films including Sixteen Candles and Gremlins |
| Matt Austin | | Actor, Date Movie |
| Edgar Buchanan | Alpha Sigma / Oregon | Actor, starred on Petticoat Junction TV series |
| Phil Buckman | Gamma Theta / San Diego State | Actor, musician |
| Steve Buckingham | Omicron/Richmond | Grammy Award-winning music producer |
| Rob Corddry | Theta/UMass | Screen actor and "Senior Correspondent" on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
| JackCourageJDDunlop | Iota Sigma/Towson | YouTuber and Twitch Streamer, former Shoutcaster |
| Sammy Kaye | Alpha Tau / Ohio | Big Band leader and songwriter |
| Dr. Tait J. Martin | Eta Omicron / Northwestern State | Emmy winner and Managing Partner at the Taproot Agency |
| Joel McHale | Alpha Rho/Washington | Actor, Community and The Soup |
| Gregory Nicotero | Zeta Lambda / Westminster | Executive producer of The Walking Dead |
| Dan Resin | Alpha Iota / Indiana | Dr. Beeper in the movie Caddyshack |
| Martin Rubeo | Gamma Eta / Bucknell | Musician and founding member of alternative rock band Gramsci Melodic |
| Ben Silverman | | Co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios |
| Francis H. Striker | Gamma Pi / Buffalo | Writer, co-creator of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet |
| Phil Vassar | Eta Kappa / James Madison | Country music star |

## Business and industry

| Name | Original chapter | Notability | References |
| Bob Coughlin | Gamma Kappa/Miami Ohio | Former CEO, Paycor, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Jesse Kalter | Delta Omicron / Gettysburg College | Criminal Defense & DUI Attorney | |
| Anthony (Tony) R. Kenney | Gamma Kappa/Miami Ohio | Former CEO, Speedway convenience stores and gas stations | |
| Stephen B.(Steve) Davis | Gamma Kappa/Miami Ohio | Inventor of the plastic inflatable airbag for void fill packaging (July 1992) e.g.that large plastic air pillow inside Amazon packages | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsjP4oP0Gzj8wYhnW2pnI0Fr6SkgX_HT/view?usp=sharing |
| Paul R. Andrews | Alpha/Norwich | Former President and Chairman, Prentice-Hall | |
| Ronald Batory | | President and COO, Consolidated Rail Corporation Conrail | |
| James L. Bauchat | Alpha Gamma / Michigan | Former Vice President of American Tobacco Company; former President and CEO of Sunshine Biscuits, Inc. | |
| Jack DeBoer | Beta Zeta / Michigan State | Former Chairman and CEO of Residence Inns; Xerox Board of Trustees member; co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Candlewood Suites; founder of Summerfield Suites; co-founder of Cambridge Suites and Value Inn | |
| Russell DeYoung | Beta Lambda / Akron | Former Chairman and CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | |
| Christopher Bradley | Eta Lambda / Virginia Tech | Practice Lead for Water and Wastewater, Wilson & Company, Albuquerque NM | https://www.wilsonco.com/ |
| Samuel DiPiazza | Alpha Phi / Alabama | Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers | |
| James C. Downs Jr. | Rho/Illinois | Founder of Real Estate Research Corporation and author of Principles of Real Estate Management | |
| Robert E. Eberly | Omega / Penn State | Penn State benefactor | |
| Herbert W. Morgan | Theta Iota / UC Santa Cruz | Senior Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors | |
| David R. Goode | Gamma Sigma / Duke | Retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation | |
| Crawford H. Greenewalt | Beta/MIT | Former CEO of DuPont, worked on the Manhattan Project | |
| Bill Grimes | Delta Gamma / West Virginia Wesleyan | Former President and CEO of ESPN; Former Vice President of CBS Broadcasting Group | |
| Robert J. Heggie | Rho/Illinois | Former President of A.M. Castle & Company | |
| David F. Hodnik | Zeta Psi / Western Illinois | Former CEO of Ace Hardware | |
| William K. Howell | Omicron/Richmond | Former President of Miller Brewing Company | |
| Tony Hulman Sr. | Delta Pi / Indiana State | Former CEO of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and other endeavors (honorary member) | |
| Lee Iacocca | Beta Sigma / Lehigh | Former Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation; President of Ford Motor Company | |
| Marcin Kleczynski | Rho/Illinois | Founder and CEO of Malwarebytes | |
| Herbert E. Lister | Gamma Xi / San Jose State | Former President and CEO, AllState Insurance | |
| Nick Mileti | Gamma Mu / Bowling Green | Former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Crusaders, and the Coliseum at Richfield | |
| Van Richey | Alpha Phi / Alabama | President and CEO, American Cast Iron Pipe Co. | |
| Philip Rinaldi | Epsilon Psi / NJIT | CEO of Philadelphia Energy Solutions | |
| Bob Sasser | Gamma Rho / Florida State University | CEO of Dollar Tree | |
| Eric Schiffer | | CEO of 99 Cents Only stores | |
| Kenneth L. Smith | Rho/Illinois | First salaried president of Chicago Stock Exchange | |
| James V. Bronke | Beta Theta/Drexel | Engineering Review Board Mgr/ Boeing 787 Dreamliner | https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bronke-4164958/ |

## Education

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Dr. Michael F. Pogue-Geile Ph.D | Gamma Kappa / Miami Ohio | Clinical Program Chair, Psychology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Lee Bollinger | Alpha Sigma / Oregon | President of Columbia University |
| John Sloan Dickey | Alpha Theta / Dartmouth | Former president of Dartmouth College |
| Charles Dole | Alpha/Norwich | Former President of Norwich University |
| William Durden | Pi/Dickinson | President of Dickinson College |
| Michael Heyman | Alpha Theta / Dartmouth | Former Chancellor, University of California |
| Dr. Walter S. Newman | Nu / Hampden-Sydney | Former President of Virginia Tech |
| Charles H. Spooner | Alpha/Norwich | Former President of Norwich University |
| John M. Sullivan | Eta Omicron / Northwestern State | President of the Art Academy of Cincinnati |
| William J. Taverner | Upsilon / NYU | Sexologist, author and editor of sexuality texts, including the American Journal of Sexuality Education |
| Robert A. Weygand | Eta / Rhode Island | Vice president for administration of the University of Rhode Island, former Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, former U.S. Representative for 2nd District of Rhode Island |

## Politics and government

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| J. Michael Ball | Tau / Florida | Former New Hampshire State Representative – Hillsborough District 9 |
| Marvin R. Baxter | Beta Upsilon / Fresno State | Current Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California |
| Allan Bense | Gamma Rho / Florida State | Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives |
| Christopher Bradley | Eta Lambda / Virginia Tech | Director of Sanitation Facilities Construction, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service |
| Mo Brooks | Gamma Sigma / Duke | Alabama Republican |
| Ralph Brooks | Gamma Phi / Nebraska Wesleyan | Former governor of Nebraska |
| Dennis Cardoza | Eta Tau / Stanislaus State | U.S. Representative for 18th District of California |
| Chris Carr | Delta Beta / Georgia | Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development |
| Theodore Christianson | Alpha Pi / Minnesota | Former governor of Minnesota |
| Kirk Cox | Eta Kappa / James Madison | Virginia State Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Robert Cupp | Zeta Kappa / Ohio Northern | Member of the Ohio State Supreme Court |
| Carl Curtis | Gamma Phi / Nebraska Wesleyan | Former US Senator and Representative of Nebraska |
| Dan Daley | Gamma Rho / Florida State | Commissioner, City of Coral Springs, Florida |
| Christopher Dorworth | Tau / Florida | Former Florida Representative for 34th District of Florida |
| R. Budd Dwyer | Beta Chi / Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Treasurer |
| Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | Alpha / Norwich | Former US Senator, governor of Vermont |
| Tony Goolsby | Delta Phi / North Texas | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County, 1989–2009 |
| Harry Hughes | Alpha Psi / Maryland | Former governor of Maryland |
| Eugene Keogh | Upsilon / NYU | Former US Representative, Author of Keogh Plan |
| Matthew LoPresti | Delta Theta / Toledo | Hawaii State Representative, District 41 |
| Peter Lund | Zeta Beta / Adrian | Current Michigan Representative for the 36th District and Michigan House Majority Whip |
| Warren Magnuson | Alpha Rho / Washington | Former US Senator |
| Pete Muldoon | Eta Omicron / Northwestern State | Mayor of Jackson, Wyoming |
| William J. Murphy | Zeta Upsilon / Hartford | 221st Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives |
| Jacob A. Preus | Alpha Pi / Minnesota | Former governor of Minnesota |
| David Stras | Delta Psi / Kansas | Judge of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and former Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court |
| Randall Tobias | Alpha Iota / Indiana | Former U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, former CEO and chairman, AT&T Communications, former chairman, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, author |
| Michael Villines | Beta Upsilon / Fresno State | Former California State Assemblyman, 29th District and Republican Leader of The House |
| Otto Warmbier | Xi / Virginia | Political prisoner detained by North Korea |
| Fuller Warren | Tau / Florida | Former governor of Florida |

## Journalism

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Radley Balko | | Civil Rights reporter, The Washington Post |
| Matt Gallagher | Gamma Omicron / Wake Forest University | Contributor for New York Times, and author |
| Mike Greenberg | Delta Iota / Northwestern University | Co-host of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning |
| Jay Ingram | Zeta Gamma / University of Alberta | Toronto Star journalist, author, TV Host of several Discovery Channel Canada programs, including Daily Planet |
| Sean McManus | Gamma Sigma / Duke University | President of CBS News and CBS Sports |
| Harry Reasoner | Alpha Pi / University of Minnesota | Former news anchor of ABC & CBS, editor of 60 Minutes |
| Michael J. Shaara | Beta Delta / Rutgers University | Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Killer Angels, which served as the basis for the movie Gettysburg |
| Bob Woodruff | Iota / Colgate University | Former co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight (recuperating from wounds sustained while on assignment in Iraq in January 2006) |
| Paul B. Zimmerman | | Sports Editor of the Los Angeles Times |

## Research and space

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Daniel T. Barry | Lambda/Cornell | Former NASA Mission Specialist aboard three Space Shuttle missions; appeared on the TV show Survivor: Panama |
| Owen Chamberlain | Alpha Theta / Dartmouth | Former Professor of Physics, joined Manhattan Project 1942–1946, winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Charles E. "Buddy" Davis | Chi/Auburn | Apollo space program engineer |
| Edward G. Gibson | Alpha Zeta / Rochester | Former NASA astronaut, spent 84 days aboard Skylab |
| Donald E. Knuth | Beta Nu/Case Western Reserve University | Computer scientist and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University; recipient of 1974 Turing Award |

## Athletics

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Jon Anik | Delta Omicron / Gettysburg College | Mixed martial arts commentator who currently works for the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC |
| John Bauer | Rho / Illinois | Former offensive lineman for the New York Giants |
| Marv Berschet | Rho / Illinois | Former lineman for the Washington Redskins |
| Dennis Brown | Alpha Rho / Washington | Professional football player, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl Champion: 1995 |
| Brian Cardinal | Alpha Delta / Purdue | Former Purdue basketball player, Former player in the NBA for the Dallas Mavericks |
| Ernie Conwell | Alpha Rho / Washington | Professional football player, New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl Champion: 2000 |
| Manny Diaz | Gamma Rho / Florida State | Defensive Coordinator for the Penn State Nittany Lions |
| Turk Edwards | Alpha Omicron / Washington State | Former NFL player |
| Dick Fosbury | Sigma / Oregon State University | 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the high jump and creator of the Fosbury Flop |
| Ron Fraser | Gamma Rho / Florida State University | University of Miami Head Baseball Coach 1962–1992, two national championships |
| Billy Gabor | Alpha Chi / Syracuse University | Former guard/forward for the Syracuse Nationals |
| Robert "Lefty" Grove | Beta Eta / Washington College | Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox (1925–1941), and inductee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (honorary membership) |
| Tom Haller | Rho/Illinois | Former MLB catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers |
| Luke Hancock | Eta Chi / George Mason | Current NCAA forward for the Louisville Cardinals and formerly the George Mason Patriots, Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 Final Four |
| Tunch Ilkin | Delta Pi / Indiana State | Former NFL athlete and voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Ralph "Shug" Jordan | Chi/Auburn | Former Head Football Coach, Auburn University, 1957 NCAA National Champions |
| Scott "Raven" Levy | Alpha Xi / Delaware | Professional wrestler, actor, writer |
| Vern Mikkelsen | Beta Kappa / Hamline University | Former basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers & in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Mike "The Miz" Mizanin | Gamma Kappa / Miami (OH) | Professional wrestler, actor, reality TV star |
| Mark Murphy | Iota/Colgate | Former All-Pro defensive back for the Washington Redskins, 1977–84, former Athletic Director for Northwestern University, President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers |
| Johnny Norlander | Beta Kappa / Hamline | Former professional basketball player and Hamline University NCAA Champion Basketball team with Vern Mikkelson |
| Jim Parque | Beta Alpha / UCLA | Former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox |
| Matt Patricia | Delta/RPI | Head Coach of the Detroit Lions |
| Jimmy "Red" Phillips | Chi/Auburn | Three-time NFL Pro-Bowler, All-American wide receiver at Auburn University and member of Auburn's 1957 national championship football team |
| Bill Roetzheim | Gamma Rho / Florida State | Florida State University's first Olympian, competing as a gymnast for the US Olympic Team in 1948 and 1952, 1977 inductee of the FSU Sports Hall of Fame |
| Alan K. "Al" Saunders | Gamma Xi / San Jose State | Academic All American, Super Bowl Champion, Offensive Coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, former associate head coach & offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins 2006–2007, former assistant Head Coach and offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs 2001–2005, 1989-1999, former head coach of the San Diego Chargers 1986–1988 |
| Mike Wagner | Zeta Psi / Western Illinois | NFL four-time Super Bowl Champion for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1971-1980, two-time Pro-Bowl, First Team All-Pro (1973), Steelers 50th Anniversary All-Time Team - safety |