Below is a list of notable members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
Current government officials
Governors
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott
U.S. Senators
- Delaware Senator Thomas R. Carper
U.S. Representatives
- Ohio Representative Tim Ryan
- Virginia Representative Rob Wittman
Municipal
- Indianapolis, Indiana Mayor Greg Ballard
- Allen County, Indiana County Council Kyle Kerley
Former government officials
National
U.S. Vice Presidents
- Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
- Henry Agard Wallace (1941-1945)
U.S. Supreme Court
- William Brennan (1956-1990)
- Tom C. Clark (1949-1967)
Federal judges
- Carlos Bea, Ninth Circuit Judge, 2003–present
- John V. Singleton, (District Judge, 1966–1988)
- Henry Alvan Mentz, Jr., District Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana 1982–2001
U.S. Senate
- Kansas Governor and Senator Henry Justin Allen
- Connecticut Governor and Senator Raymond Baldwin
- Kansas U.S. Senator Joseph L. Bristow[1]
- Colorado Senator Hank Brown
- Indiana Senator William E. Jenner
- South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson
- Florida Senator George LeMieux
U.S. House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House and vice presidential candidate Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan (1999–2019) ; Speaker (2015–2019)
- Speaker of the House Missouri Representative Champ Clark (1893–1895; 1897–1921); Speaker (1911–1919)
- California Representative C. Christopher Cox (1988–2002)
- Kentucky Representative Ernie Fletcher (1999–2003)
- Texas Representative Kent Hance (1979–1985)
- Mississippi Representative Henry L. Muldrow (1877–1885)[2]
- Ohio Representative Donald J. Pease (1977–1993)
- California Representative Harley Rouda (2019-2021)
- Kentucky Representative Ed Whitfield (1995–2016)
Other federal officials
- Former Director of the Bureau of Investigation A. Bruce Bielaski
- Ramsey Clark, US Attorney General, 1967-1969
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox
- White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater
- U.S. Ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson
- U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge George MacKinnon
- New Mexico Governor and U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson
- John W. Snow, US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-2006
- Stuart Jamieson Fuller, Vice Consul to Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden, Consul to Peru, Consul General in China.
Meritorious Federal Employees
- Timothy J. McCarthy, U.S. Secret Service Agent shot while protecting President Reagan in 1981
Foreign
- James Jerome, Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons, 1974–1979
State
- Reubin Askew, Governor of Florida, 1971-1979
- James J. Blanchard, Governor of Michigan, 1983-1991
- Ernie Fletcher, Governor of Kentucky, 2003-2007
- Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma
- Bruce Johnson, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
- Adam McMullen, Governor of Nebraska
- Arthur J. Weaver, Governor of Nebraska
- Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, 2007-2015
- Adam Edelen, Kentucky State Auditor
- Todd Hollenbach, Kentucky State Treasurer
- James Mann, Illinois Representative
- Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas
Municipal
- Michael Sessions, Hillsdale, Michigan Mayor
- William "Bill" Soards II, Hamilton County, IN Council Member
- O.W. Williams, Pecos County, Texas County Judge
- Rick Rector, Hudson, New York Mayor, Common Council Member
Academics
- Hank Brown, former Senator and former President of the University of Colorado
- Ralph Cicerone, President of National Academy of Sciences
- Kent Hance, Chancellor of Texas Tech University
- Martin C. Jischke, President of Purdue University
- Jay Keasling, 2006 Discover magazine Scientist of the Year
- William English "Brit" Kirwan, Chancellor of the University of Maryland System[3]
- Peter Likins, former President of The University of Arizona
- Joseph Rallo, President of Angelo State University
- Michael D. Shonrock, former President of Lindenwood University
Artists and entertainment industry
- Actor Robert Armstrong
- Writer and producer Greg Berlanti
- Sculptor and artist Alexander Calder
- Actor, host, and comedian Drew Carey
- Actor, comedian Chip Chinery
- Film director Fielder Cook
- Writer and producer Carter Covington
- Actor Timothy J. Cox
- Actor Bill Fagerbakke
- Actor Will Ferrell
- Actor Frederic Forrest
- Director-screenwriter Stephen Gaghan
- Actor Joel Higgins
- Comedian Eddie Ifft
- Actor and author Jeremy Iversen
- Actor Roy Jenson
- Actor Aron Kincaid
- Film producer Jim Lemley
- Actor Thad Luckinbill
- Actor James Marsden
- Actor Matthew McConaughey
- Actor Austin Miller
- Actor Jim Nabors
- Reality Television Anthony Bartolotte
- Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien
- Actor Ed O'Neill
- Actor David Schwimmer
- Actor Jarel Settles[4]
- Actor Johnny Sheffield
- Actor David Sullivan
Music
- Oak Ridge Boys vocalist Duane Allen
- Country singer Keith Anderson
- R.E.M. lead guitarist Peter Buck
- John Denver, Grammy award winning musician
- Bread lead vocalist David Gates
- Restless Heart guitarist Greg Jennings
- Craig Klein, co-founder of Bonerama, a brass funk rock band
- Eddie Reeves singer, songwriter & record executive
- Singer Al Staehely
- Dog's Eye View singer Peter Stuart
Astronauts
Business and philanthropy
- John Arrillaga, real estate (worth $1.4 billion), Stanford University
- Former SMS Construction and Mining Systems, Inc. and Komatsu Canada Limited CIO, William Bayer[5]
- Attorney Melvin Belli
- Columbia Sportswear President Tim Boyle
- Edelbrock CEO and President Vic Edelbrock, Jr.
- Cintas founder Richard T. Farmer
- Tom Gegax, entrepreneur, author, angel investor and philanthropist
- Hardee's Restaurants Chairman Jack Laughery
- Attorney William Lerach, University of Pittsburgh
- Chris Meek, Vice President of Goldman Sachs
- Paul Rosso, president and chairman of the board of Sumitomo 3M, a joint venture of 3M and Sumitomo Group
- Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp CEO Jeff Stibel
- JCPenney CEO Myron E. Ullman
- America's Second Harvest Food Bank founder John van Hengel
- Former CEO of General Motors Richard Wagoner
- Former Chairman of General Motors Edward Whitacre, Jr.; also former CEO of SBC
- The Wharf (Holdings) Limited Chairman Peter Woo
- Henry Juszkiewicz CEO of Gibson Guitar
- Noah Swanson Founder of Swansonists and philanthropist
Military
- Archibald Butt, military advisor to Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Taft; victim of RMS Titanic sinking
- Marcus Luttrell, Navy SEAL; author of the book Lone Survivor
- Morgan Luttrell, Navy SEAL; congressional candidate in TX-8th congressional district; Twin brother of Marcus Luttrell
Print and journalism
- ABC-TV reporter Dan Abrams
- Political commentator Andrew Breitbart
- Mythology writer Joseph Campbell
- [Red Hat]/Fedora Unleashed co-author Hoyt Duff
- Max Ehrmann
- Forrest Gump author Winston Groom
- NBC-TV reporter Bob Dotson
- Fox News host Bill Hemmer of America's Newsroom
- Novelist John D. MacDonald
- Harper's editor and author Willie Morris
- Television journalist and broadcaster Roger Mudd
- Author Richard North Patterson
- Journalist and World War II war correspondent Quentin Reynolds
- The New Republic founder Willard Straight
- Former NYC PR man and amateur cartoonist Bob Wilson
- ESPN-SEC/CBS/Atlanta Journal/Constitution – Book author, Sports writer and reporter, columnist/College Football TV analyst "Mr. College Football" Tony Barnhart
Religion
- Episcopal bishop Alfred A. Gilman
- Methodist bishop Marshall Russell Reed
Sports
Baseball
- Mike Aldrete
- Buddy Bell
- Steve Buechele
- Joe Conzelman[6]
- Shawn Green, Major League Baseball (MLB) two-time All-Star right fielder[7][8]
- Rick Helling
- A. J. Hinch, Houston Astros manager and World Series champion in 2017
- Paul Kuhr
- Mark Marquess, head coach at Stanford University
- Dave McCarty
- J. Walter Miller, MLB pitcher 1924–1933[9]
- Russ Miller, MLB pitcher 1927–1928[10]
- Mike Mussina
- Branch Rickey
- Branch Rickey III, President of the Pacific Coast League
- Eppa Rixey
- Bo Schultz
- George Sisler
- Ed Sprague
- Drew Storen
Basketball
- Jim Andrews
- Mike Bratz
- Pete Carril, former coach, Princeton University
- Michael Cherney
- Scott Drew, coach, Baylor University
- Rich Falk, former coach of the Northwestern Wildcats; Associate Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference
- Ward Lambert
- Bobby Leonard
- Ray Mears winningest coach in University of Tennessee history
- Charles Murphy
- Ed Nealy
- Andy Phillip
- Mike Phillips
- Rick Robey
Football
- Joe Avezzano
- Randy Bullock
- Carmen Cozza
- Irby "Rabbit" Curry, All-Southern quarterback shot down over French skies in World War I
- Chris Dalman, former San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman and later offensive line coach
- Boyd Dowler
- John Elway
- Jason Fisk
- Cale Gundy, Assistant Coach at the University of Oklahoma
- Les Horvath
- Chad Hutchinson
- Frank Juhan
- Dante Lavelli
- Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans
- Erik Lorig
- John Lynch
- Owen Marecic
- Herb McCracken
- Tot McCullough
- Howard Mudd
- Jess Neely, Captain of 1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football team; winningest coach in Rice history; member of College Football Hall of Fame
- Kent Nix
- Jim Parady, coach at Marist College
- Jim Plunkett
- Jon Ritchie
- Mark Rypien
- Jeff Siemon Minnesota Vikings 4X ProBowl College Football HOF
- Billy Joe Tolliver
- Jeff Voris, coach at Butler University
- Gene Washington, Former NFL player, and from 1994 to 2009, the Director of Football Operations for the NFL.
- Dave Wyman
Horse racing
- Horse owner and breeder John W. Galbreath
- Horse owner Bob Lewis
- Horse owner and trainer John T. Ward, Jr.
Other sports
- Andy Banachowski, women's volleyball coach at UCLA
- Bruce Barnes[11]
- Scott Dunlap
- Ludy Langer[12]
- Todd Martin
- Mark Mendelblatt, yachtsman, three-time college All-American, silver medalist at Pan American Games, silver medalist at Laser World Championships
- Al Oerter, four-time Olympic Champion in discus throw
- Jay Randolph
- Kyle Rote, Jr.
- Roy Saari
- Anthony Valentino
Sportscasters
References
- ↑ "Joseph Bristow Papers: Biography". KSHS.org. Topeka, KS: The Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Delts of the United States Congress" (PDF). The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta. Vol. LXXIV, no. 3. Fulton, Mo.: ΔΤΔ Fraternity. March 1951. p. 142. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Kentucky Delt to give UK commencement speech, Delta Tau Delta, 4 May 2009, archived from the original on 23 July 2011, retrieved 18 June 2009
- ↑ MTV Original TV Shows, Reality TV Shows | MTV
- ↑ Firefox making inroads to the enterprise, Ziff Davis, 25 March 2005, retrieved 25 September 2010
- ↑ "Marriage of Conzelman / Dunn". Hartford Courant. 11 December 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ↑ "Welcome to Delta Tau Delta, Delta Alpha Chapter". Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ "Delta Tau Delta | Famous Delts". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ↑ Makio. Vol. XLII. Ohio State University. 1923. p. 132. hdl:1811/72647. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via OSU.edu.
- ↑ Makio. Vol. XLV. Ohio State University. 1926. p. 118. hdl:1811/72650. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via OSU.edu.
- ↑ The Rainbow, vol. 132, no. 3, p. 52
- ↑ ""26 Delts have earned summer Olympic medals" Retrieved: 2010-04-04". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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