# List of Pi Kappa Alpha members

This is a list of notable alumni of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity

## Business

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Bill Bain | Sigma | Founder, Bain and Company |
| Brian Kevin Turner | Epsilon Omega | Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft |
| Charles O. "Chad" Holliday | Zeta | Chairman, Bank of America; CEO, DuPont |
| Chris Beals | Beta Pi | CEO, Weedmaps |
| Howard Marks | Beta Pi | Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management |
| Jeff Taylor | Theta Mu | Founder, Monster.com |
| Mark Russinovich | Beta Sigma | CTO, Microsoft Azure |
| P. Roy Vagelos | Beta Pi | CEO, President, Chairman, Merck & Co.; Chairman, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Trustee, University of Pennsylvania |
| Stephen Covey | Alpha Tau | Author, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"; business professor, University of Utah |
| Gil Amelio | Alpha Delta | Former CEO, Apple |

## Government and politics

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| LeRoy H. Anderson | Gamma Kappa | U.S. Representative from Montana |
| Charles O. Andrews | Alpha Eta | U.S. Senator from Florida |
| Dick Armey | Jamestown College | U.S. Representative and Majority Leader from Texas |
| Ibra C. Blackwood | Nu | 97th Governor of South Carolina |
| Albert B. "Happy" Chandler | Kappa | 44th and 49th Governor of Kentucky, U.S. Senator from Kentucky |
| J. Bayard Clark | Beta | U.S. Representative from North Carolina |
| Earle C. Clements | Omega | 47th Governor of Kentucky, U.S. Senator from Kentucky |
| Thad Cochran | Gamma Iota | U.S. Senator from Mississippi |
| William M. Colmer | Alpha Iota | U.S. Representative from Mississippi |
| Charlie Crist | Delta Lambda | 44th Governor of Florida |
| Glenn Cunningham | Delta Chi | U.S. Representative from Nebraska, Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska |
| Everett Dirksen | Delta Sigma | U.S. Senator from Illinois |
| William C. Dixon | Beta Tau | Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court |
| Doug Ducey | Delta Tau | 23rd Governor of Arizona |
| A. M. Edwards | Omega | Secretary of Guam from 1960 to 1961 |
| Larken Egleston | Iota Psi | Charlotte, NC City Councilmember |
| John W. Fishburne | Pi | U.S. Representative from Virginia |
| John Nance Garner | Sigma | 39th Speaker of the House of Representatives, 32nd Vice President of the United States |
| Robert W. Bobby Harrell, Jr. | Xi | 59th Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives |
| Leo Hoegh | Gamma Nu | 33rd Governor of Iowa |
| Harry R. Houston | Iota | Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates |
| Jon Kyl | Gamma Delta | U.S. Senator from Arizona |
| Nicholas Lampson | Epsilon Kappa | U.S. Representative from Texas |
| John Augustine Marshall | Alpha | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah |
| Clarence W. Meadows | Pi | 22nd Governor of West Virginia |
| Harvey B. Morgan | Iota | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates |
| W. Robert Pearson | Sigma | Former United States Ambassador to Turkey |
| Edward A. Pease | Delta Xi | Former U.S. Congressman from Indiana |
| Walter Garrett Riddick | Pi | Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
| Pat Roberts | Alpha Omega | U.S. Senator from Kansas |
| Absalom Willis Robertson | Omicron | U.S. Senator from Virginia |
| Lee Roupas | Delta Alpha | State Attorney and President of Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association, Committeeman of Palos Township Republican Party 2006-2012 |
| Karl Rove | Alpha Tau | White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush |
| Pete Sessions | Alpha Omicron | U.S. Representative from Texas |
| John Sparkman | Gamma Alpha | U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1952 Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States |
| Strom Thurmond | Eta Alpha | 103rd Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Senator from South Carolina |
| Kenneth H. Tuggle | Omega | 39th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky |
| Claude R. Wickard | Beta Phi | 12th United States Secretary of Agriculture |
| Brian K. Zahra | Delta Nu | Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court |

## Military

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Courtney Hodges | Psi | Commander of the First United States Army, World War II |
| Richard J. Seitz | Alpha Omega | Lieutenant General, United States Army |
| Louis H. Wilson, Jr. | Alpha Iota | 26th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient |
| James A. Winnefeld, Jr. | Alpha Delta | Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Philip M. Breedlove | Alpha Delta | Commander, United States European Command |

## Education

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| John A. DiBiaggio | Beta Tau | President of Tufts University, Michigan State University, and the University of Connecticut |
| Walter Lynwood Fleming | Upsilon | American historian of the South and Reconstruction |
| E. Gordon Gee | Alpha Tau | President of West Virginia University |
| Kenneth T. Jackson | Delta Zeta | Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City |
| John Lloyd Newcomb | Gamma | 2nd President of the University of Virginia |
| Samuel H. Smith | Alpha Sigma | Former president of Washington State University (1985–2000) |

## News, Art, and Entertainment

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Jason Alkire | Epsilon Eta | Fashion Designer Haus Alkire |
| Erik Courtney | Iota Lambda | Bravo TV personality Newlyweds: The First Year |
| John Currence | Iota | Celebrity Chef Top Chef Masters |
| Rick Dees | Tau | Host of The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown |
| Mason Gamble | Iota Pi | Actor Dennis the Menace |
| Clifton Hyde | Alpha Iota | Musician/Composer Blue Man Group |
| Ted Koppel | Alpha Chi | Nightline Anchor ABC |
| Serge F. Kovaleski | Gamma | Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times |
| Princeton Lock | Iota Pi | Actor A Fist Within Four Walls and Ip Man 4 |
| Tim McGraw | Eta Omicron | American country singer and actor |
| Ken Ober | Theta Mu | Game Show Host |
| Jim Parsons | Epsilon Eta | Actor The Big Bang Theory |
| Greg Pitts | Zeta Pi | Actor Movie Office Space |
| Jeremy Piven | Delta Omicron | Actor Entourage |
| Ron Ross | Delta Psi | Radio Host of The Pulse Morning Show Sirius XM |
| Jon Stewart | Gamma | Host of The Daily Show (1999–2015) |
| Eric Stonestreet | Alpha Omega | Actor Modern Family |
| Brian Tyler | Iota Pi | Composer Iron Man 3, The Expendables |
| Scott Van Pelt | Delta Psi | Anchor ESPN |
| Matt Winer | Alpha Nu | Anchor Turner Sports, formerly SportsCenter |
| Morgan Woodward | Beta Mu | Actor Dallas, Cool Hand Luke |
| Matt Gerald | Beta Pi | Actor Avatar (2009 film) |

## Religion

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Richard L. Evans | Alpha Tau | Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Robert L. McLeod | Beta | Pastor and U.S. Navy chaplain; president of Centre College |
| Cecil O. Samuelson | Alpha Tau | Former member of the presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and former president of BYU |

## Sports

| Name | Original chapter | Notability |
| Lance Alworth | Alpha Zeta | Professional Football Player, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys |
| Kent Bazemore | Zeta Iota | Professional Basketball Player, Atlanta Hawks |
| Bobby Bowden | Alpha Pi | Former Head Football Coach Florida State |
| Pat Bowlen | Beta Omicron | Owner, Denver Broncos |
| Bob Bowman | Delta Lambda | CEO North Baltimore Aquatic Club |
| Marvin O. Bridges | Rho | All-Southern college football player, minor league baseball player, and head coach for University of Florida |
| Chad Clifton | Epsilon Sigma | Offensive Tackle, Green Bay Packers |
| Matt Doherty | Beta Zeta | Former head men's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University |
| Guy Dennis | Alpha Eta | Former professional football player for Cincinnati Bengals and Detroit Lions |
| Sam Ewing | Zeta | Former professional baseball player for Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays |
| Jeff Feagles | Gamma Omega | NFL Kicker, University of Miami |
| Jimbo Fisher | Delta Lambda | Head Football Coach Texas A&M |
| Gus Frerotte | Gamma Upsilon | Quarterback NFL |
| Jason Curtis Fox | Gamma Omega | NFL Lineman, University of Miami |
| Walter Gilbert | Upsilon | College Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| Horace Grant | Eta Alpha | Professional Basketball Player |
| Hubert Green | Delta Lambda | Professional Golfer |
| Blake Grupe | Delta Theta | Placekicker, New Orleans Saints |
| Todd Hays | Gamma Upsilon | Bobsledder and Olympic Silver Medalist |
| Bob Humphreys | Iota | Professional Baseball Player |
| Jeff Ireland | Theta Nu | General Manager, Miami Dolphins |
| EJ Manuel | Delta Lambda | Quarterback Buffalo Bills |
| Colin McCarthy | Gamma Omega | NFL Linebacker, University of Miami |
| Bill McCartney | University of Missouri | Former football coach for CU-Boulder, founder of Promise Keepers ministry |
| Chris Myers | Gamma Omega | NFL Lineman, University of Miami |
| Tom Miller | Iota | NFL Player, Assistant GM of the Green Bay Packers, Member of the Packer's Hall of Fame |
| Kyle Orton | Beta Phi | Quarterback NFL |
| Steve Prefontaine | Gamma Pi | Track and Field Hall of Fame |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Gamma Omega | Football coach (winner of 1983 NCAA National Championship), University of Miami |
| Frank Sinkwich | Alpha Mu | Heisman Trophy Winner, University of Georgia |
| James Southerland | Alpha Chi | NBA Forward |
| Kevin Stallings | Beta Phi | Head Basketball Coach, Vanderbilt University |
| Gino Torretta | Gamma Omega | Heisman Trophy Winner, University of Miami |
| Eric Winston | Gamma Omega | NFL Lineman, NCAA All-American University of Miami |
| Michael Oliveira | Kappa Gamma | Professional Boxer |
| Andres De Abreu | Kappa Gamma | Professional Soccer Player, Miami United FC |

## Miscellaneous

| Name | Original chapter | Notability | References |
| William "Bill" Staffeld | Beta Eta | Telemetry and Rocketry expert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA Fabricator on implant devices to enhance body image. | |
| Tex Watson | Epsilon Delta | Murderer and central member of the notorious Manson Family | |