List of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members

This is a list of notable members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. For articles with the category, see Sigma Alpha Epsilon members.

Literature

 * William Faulkner – Nobel Prize-winning author, University of Mississippi
 * Albert Jay Nock – author and social critic
 * Walker Percy – Southern author, UNC Chapel Hill
 * Sandro Corsaro – author and American Animator
 * John Jakes – author, DePauw University
 * George Abbe – poet and author, University of New Hampshire
 * Stuart Woods – author, University of Georgia

Music
• Jimmy Dunne – songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, University of Kentucky

• Glen Ballard – veteran songwriter and producer, University of Mississippi

• Dierks Bentley – country music singer University of Vermont

• Bobby Hatfield – singer, the Righteous Brothers, California State University Long Beach

• Nick Lachey – singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University

• Matt Stillwell – American Country Artist, Songwriter Western Carolina University

• Dom Lasher - Also known as Drake, Canadian rapper and entrepreneur, Georgia Southern University

• Bobby Troup – American musician, Songwriter University of Pennsylvania

• Rudy Vallee – entertainer University of Maine, Yale University

• Quinn XCII, songwriter and musician, revived Michigan State University chapter with his brother, Mat

• George McConnell – former guitarist for Widespread Panic, University of Mississippi

Media and entertainment

 * Ed Ackerman - Actor, University of Akron
 * George Bodenheimer – president of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC
 * Lloyd Bridges – actor, UCLA
 * Beau Bridges – actor, UCLA
 * Dave Campbell – ESPN baseball broadcaster, University of Michigan
 * Danny Lee Clark – Nitro from the original American Gladiators, San Jose State University
 * Sandro Corsaro – producer/TV show creator University of Southern California
 * James Denton – actor – Desperate Housewives, University of Tennessee
 * Ross M. Dick – journalist at The Milwaukee Journal and fourth president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing
 * Sam Elliott – actor, Cal State L.A.
 * Bob Eubanks – television personality, game show host
 * Barry Fanaro – screenwriter, The Golden Girls, Kingpin, Mercer University
 * Carmen Finestra – television producer and writer (The Cosby Show, Home Improvement), Penn State University
 * Ron Franklin – ESPN college football and basketball broadcaster, University of Mississippi
 * Gregory Thomas Garcia – creator and producer My Name is Earl, Yes, Dear, Frostburg State University
 * George Gallup – creator of Gallup Poll, University of Iowa
 * Terry Gilliam – film director, member of Monty Python, Occidental College
 * Bob Goen – former co-host of Entertainment Tonight, San Diego State University
 * Philip Graham – former publisher of the Washington Post and Newsweek, University of Florida
 * John Lee Hancock – film director, The Blind Side, Baylor University
 * Ernie Harwell – former baseball broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, Emory University
 * Ed Hinton – ESPN NASCAR columnist, University of Southern Mississippi
 * Steve Hindy - founder, Brooklyn Brewery, Cornell University
 * Chet Huntley – NBC news anchor Montana State University
 * Paul James – actor – television show Greek, Syracuse University
 * James J. Kilpatrick – syndicated newspaper columnist, author, University of Missouri
 * Richard Kind – actor – Spin City, Northwestern University
 * Steven Levitan – writer/producer University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Matt Long – actor, Western Kentucky University
 * David McKenna – writer/producer of Blow, American History X, San Diego State University
 * Ross Porter – former baseball announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, University of Oklahoma
 * Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize winning World War II journalist, Indiana University
 * Michael Rosenbaum – actor, Lex Luthor: Smallville, Western Kentucky University
 * Hughes Rudd – CBS News anchor, correspondent, University of Missouri
 * Ryen Russillo – co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio, University of Vermont
 * Fred Savage – actor – Wonder Years, Stanford University
 * Grant Shaud – actor on Murphy Brown, University of Richmond
 * David Spade – actor – Saturday Night Live, Arizona State University
 * Charles Strum – Associate managing editor for the New York Times, Dickinson College
 * Kevin Tighe – actor, University of Southern California
 * Casper Van Dien – actor Starship Troopers, Beverly Hills 90210 Florida State University
 * Curtis Wilkie - Newspaper reporter, college professor and historian, University of Mississippi
 * Ed Wilson – president of Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Company), former president of Fox Television, NBC Enterprises, and CBS Enterprises, University of Arkansas
 * Robert S. Woods – actor One Life to Live Long Beach State University
 * Robert Young – Actor – Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, MD Depauw University
 * Mike Song – dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine

Business
• Josh Abramson – founder of CollegeHumor, University of Richmond

• Keith Barr - former CEO of Intercontinental Hotels Group, Cornell University

• John F. Barrett – chairman, president and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, University of Cincinnati

• John Bugas – former vice president – Ford Motor Company University of Wyoming

• John T. Chambers – CEO and Chairman of Cisco Systems, Duke University

• Joe Craft – President, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., funded Joe Craft Center Kentucky Basketball Facilities at University of Kentucky, philanthropist

• Cecil B. Day – founder of Days Inn, Georgia Institute of Technology

• John Thompson Dorrance – founder of Campbell's Soup, MIT

• Fred Ehrsam – co-founder of Coinbase, Duke University

• Josh Harris – co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of several sports teams

• Paul Tudor Jones – founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation, University of Virginia

• John Motley Morehead III – Developed foundation of Union Carbide Company, Lifetime philanthropist UNC Chapel Hill

• Ross Perot Jr. – businessman and real estate developer, chairman of Perot Systems, Vanderbilt University

• Chris Sullivan, founder Outback Steakhouse, University of Kentucky

• Scott T. Ford – CEO, Alltel Wireless, University of Arkansas

• J. B. Fuqua – former businessman and philanthropist. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is named after him

• Clemmie Spangler – Merged the Bank of North Carolina with Bank of America. Businessman and philanthropist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Steve Lacy – president and CEO, Meredith Corporation, Kansas State University

• David S. Lewis – former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech

• William Perez – former CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Nike, Inc., Cornell University

• Paul L. Foster – president and CEO of Western Refining, Baylor University

• T. Boone Pickens – chairman, Mesa Petroleum, Oklahoma State University

• Aubrey McClendon – co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Duke University

• Bowman Gray Sr. – former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, UNC Chapel Hill

• Charles Price II – chairman and CEO – Price Candy Company, University of Missouri

• Richard Scruggs – Lawyer, University of Mississippi

• George Watts Hill – Noted banker, hospital administrator, and philanthropist, UNC Chapel Hill

• Ed Fuller – president of Marriott International, Boston University

• David Einhorn – president, Greenlight Capital, Cornell University

• Dan Rapoport – financier and philanthropist, president of Rapoport Capital, University of Houston

• Ed Wilson – president of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, University of Arkansas

• Howard Wood – co-founder, Charter Communications and former president and CEO, Cencom Cable Television, Washington University in St. Louis

• William T. Young – businessman, founder and former CEO of JIF, University of Kentucky

• William Spell – founder and current president of Spell Capital Partners, University of Minnesota

Education
• Milton Eisenhower – president Kansas State University, president Johns Hopkins University

• James M. Farr – president of the University of Florida

• Bruce Grube – president of Georgia Southern University

• Ralph Cooper Hutchinson – president of Washington & Jefferson College

• Luis Proenza- president of University of Akron

• Mike Feinberg – Knowledge is Power Program

• Clemmie Spangler – served as president of University of North Carolina system from 1986–1997.

• Dan Papp – president of Kennesaw State University

• Richard Kinney -- president of Hadley School for the Blind

President

 * William McKinley – Twenty-fifth President of the United States (R), Mount Union College

U.S. Senate
• Max Baucus – U.S. Senator from Montana (D), Stanford University

• J.C.W. Beckham – former U.S. Senator from Kentucky (D); youngest Governor of Kentucky; namesake of Beckham County, Oklahoma, Centre College

• Jim DeMint – former U.S. Senator from South Carolina (R), University of Tennessee

• Pete Domenici – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico (R), University of New Mexico

• Peter Fitzgerald – former U.S. Senator from Illinois (R), Dartmouth College

• John J. Hickey – former Wyoming governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Wyoming

• Johnny Isakson – U.S. Senator from Georgia (R), University of Georgia

• Connie Mack III – former Florida U.S. Senator (R), University of Florida

• Larry Pressler – former South Dakota U.S. Senator (R), University of South Dakota

• David Pryor – former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator (D), University of Arkansas

• Mark Pryor – U.S. Senator from Arkansas (D), University of Arkansas

• George Smathers- former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Florida (D), philanthropist, University of Florida

• Dennis Chavez – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico University of New Mexico

• Richard Russell – former US Senator from Georgia University of Georgia

U.S. House of Representatives
• Bill Archer – former U.S. Representative (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, University of Texas at Austin

• Andy Barr (U.S. politician) – US Representative from Kentucky (R) University of Virginia

• Mike Bishop – US Representative from Michigan (R), former Michigan State Senate Majority Leader (R), University of Michigan

• David E. Bonior – former US Representative from Michigan (D), University of Iowa

• Allen Boyd – former US Representative from Florida (D), Florida State University

• Jay Dickey – Former US Representative from Arkansas (R), University of Arkansas

• David Dreier – US Representative from California (R), University of La Verne

• Hamilton C. Jones – former US Representative from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill

• Thomas W. Ewing – former US Representative from Illinois (R), Millikin University

• Paul Gillmor – former US Representative from Ohio (R), Ohio Wesleyan University

• George Gekas – former US Representative from Pennsylvania (R), Dickinson College

• Adam Kinzinger – US Representative from Illinois (R), Illinois State University

• J. Alex McMillan – former US Representative from North Carolina (R), UNC Chapel Hill

• Ralph Regula – former US Congressman from Ohio (R), Mount Union College

• John Shadegg – former US Congressman from Arizona (R), University of Arizona

• Charles Walter "Charlie" Stenholm – former US Congressman from Texas (D), Texas Tech University

• Gilbert Brown Patterson – former US Congressman from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill

• Brad Wenstrup – current US Congressman from Ohio (R) University of Cincinnati

Governors
• Doug Burgum – current Governor of North Dakota (R) North Dakota State University

• Sherman Adams – former Governor of New Hampshire (R); Representative from New Hampshire's 2nd District; White House Chief of Staff, Dartmouth College

• Haley Barbour – former Governor of Mississippi (R); former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Former White House Aid to President Ronald Reagan (R) University of Mississippi

• Joe Foss – former South Dakota Governor (R); Medal of Honor recipient; leading USMC ace pilot, 1st Commissioner of the AFL, former NRA President, University of South Dakota

• Albert W. Gilchrist – former Florida Governor (D), Carolina Military Institute

• William L. Guy – former North Dakota Governor (D), North Dakota State University

• Gary Johnson – former Governor of New Mexico (R) and Presidential candidate (L), University of New Mexico

• Paul B. Johnson, Jr. – former Governor of Mississippi (D), University of Mississippi

• John Lynch – former Governor of New Hampshire (D), University of New Hampshire

• Sidney S. McMath – former Governor of Arkansas (D), Marine General & Renowned Trial Lawyer, University of Arkansas

• Robert D. Ray – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University

• Robert D. Blue – former Governor of Iowa (R), Drake University

• Brian Sandoval – former Governor of Nevada (R), University of Nevada

Mayors

 * Ivan Allen Jr. – former Mayor of Atlanta (D), Georgia Tech
 * Joe Hogsett – Current Mayor of Indianapolis (D), Indiana University
 * Carl T. Langford – former Mayor of Orlando (D), University of Florida
 * Svante Myrick – former Mayor of Ithaca, New York (D), Cornell University
 * Jerry Sanders – former Mayor of San Diego (R), San Diego State University

Other government officials

 * Henry M. Paulson – former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, Dartmouth College
 * Todd Blodgett – Member of White House staff (Reagan-Bush) 1985–87. Served on Bush-Quayle '88 campaign committee. Also worked with the FBI.
 * Andrew McCabe – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Duke University
 * Michael Geppi – former Harford County Councilman (R), Towson University
 * Andrew O. Holmes – Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
 * L.Q.C. Lamar – Statesman (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
 * Robert E. Lamb – United States Foreign Service, University of Pennsylvania
 * Wilson Livingood – Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Michigan State University
 * Richard Myers – former chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Kansas State University
 * Eliot Ness – Prohibition agent, University of Chicago
 * Charles Price II – former Ambassador to the United Kingdom University of Missouri
 * Donald Evans – former US Secretary of Commerce, University of Texas at Austin
 * Richard Riley – former US Secretary of Education, Former Governor of South Carolina (D), Furman University
 * Pat Robertson – Christian leader, 1988 presidential candidate (R), Washington and Lee University
 * Kenneth Schissler – former Maryland State Delegate (R), Salisbury State University
 * Mark Taylor – former Georgia State Senator representing the 12th District, Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Emory University
 * Louis R. Tobacco – New York State Assemblyman representing Staten Island's 62nd District (R), University at Albany
 * Guy Vander Linden – a member of Iowa Legislature and former brigadier general, US Marines, University of Iowa
 * GEN Charles C. Campbell, USA (Ret.) – US Army general (retired), former FORSCOM commander, and last continuously serving army officer with Vietnam experience, Louisiana State University
 * Edmund Kirby Smith – general, Confederate States of America, The University of the South
 * Bruce L. Castor, Jr. – former solicitor general and acting attorney general of Pennsylvania, former district attorney and commissioner of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; noted trial lawyer, Lafayette College
 * John R. Bell, IV – House Majority Whip, 10th NC House District, North Carolina House of Representatives (R) University of North Carolina at Wilmington
 * James R. Williams – Selectman, Belmont, MA, Indiana University
 * Dana T. Merrill – United States Army brigadier general
 * Seymour W. Terry – United States Army Captain, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, University of Arkansas
 * William Peterkin Upshur – United States Marine Corps Major General, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I, Virginia Military Institute
 * Arlo L. Olson – United States Army Captain, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II, University of South Dakota

Science


• Robert Ballard – oceanographer, explorer, discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1985, GERMAN BATTLESHIP Bismarck in 1989, and the Roman trading ship Isis, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Steve Fossett – aviator and adventurer, Stanford University

• Robert H. Goddard – father of modern controlled rocketry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Eldon W. Joersz – American pilot, who jointly holds the Flight airspeed record, North Dakota State University

• William B. Lenoir – NASA astronaut, MIT

• John Motley Morehead III – noted chemist, work led to notable business success in Union Carbide Company UNC Chapel Hill

• William Oefelein – NASA astronaut, Oregon State University

• Leslie Vaughn Rush – surgeon who revolutionized the treatment of bone fractures

• Joseph Strauss – Engineer and designer of the Golden Gate Bridge, University of Cincinnati

Baseball
• Harry Agganis – Boston University football All American, Boston Red Sox 1B, "The Golden Greek", Boston University

• Scott Boras – pro baseball agent, University of the Pacific

• Avery Brundage – Olympics, pentathlon, decathlon, International Olympic Committee, president, 1936–1972, University of Illinois

• Ken Caminiti – professional baseball player, San Jose State University

• Jason Castro – #10 Pick in 2008 MLB Draft Stanford UniversityHouston Astros

• Scott Forster – Montreal Expos pitcher, James Madison University

• David Freese – St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, University of Missouri

• John Gall – Florida Marlins minor league outfielder Stanford University

• Ryan Garko – San Francisco Giants first baseman, Stanford University

• Mike Gosling – Toronto Blue Jays minor league pitcher, Stanford University

• Mike Hubbard – Chicago Cubs catcher, James Madison University

• Mark Lamping – president of the St. Louis Cardinals and CEO of the Meadowlands Stadium Company, Rockhurst University

• Doc Marshall – New York Giants infielder, University of Mississippi

• Kevin McClatchy – CEO and majority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Graig Nettles – Major League Baseball player, San Diego State University

• Greg Reynolds – Colorado Rockies pitcher, Stanford University

• Walt Terrell – professional baseball player, Morehead State University

• Clint Robinson – Pittsburgh Pirates Major League first baseman Troy University

• Joey Hamilton – San Diego Padres pitcher, Georgia Southern University

Basketball
• Terry Dischinger – professional basketball player, Purdue University, Chicago Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets, Detroit Pistons

• Mike Gminski – professional basketball player, Duke University

• Jud Heathcote – former Michigan State University Basketball Coach, Washington State University

• Phil Jackson – professional basketball coach, University of North Dakota

• "Pistol Pete" Maravich – professional basketball player, Louisiana State University

• Jon McGlocklin – professional basketball player, Indiana University, Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks

• Jack Twyman – professional basketball player, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Royals

• Kevin Grevey – professional basketball player, University of Kentucky

• Dick Van Arsdale – professional basketball player, Indiana University, New York Knickerbockers, Phoenix Suns

• Tom Van Arsdale – professional basketball player, Indiana University, Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns

• Gregg Marshall – former coach, Wichita State University

American football
• Troy Aikman – UCLA – Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl MVP Quarterback and Hall of Famer

• Chris Ault – University of Nevada-Reno football coach, University of Nevada

• John Billman – America football player, AAFC, University of Minnesota

• Tony Boselli – professional football player, University of Southern California

• Doug Brien – former NFL place-kicker, University of California, Berkeley

• Mack Brown – University of Texas at Austin football coach, Florida State University

• Pete Carroll – Seattle Seahawks football coach, University of the Pacific

• Terry Cole – football player, Indiana University, Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins

• Kyle Cook – former NFL center for Cincinnati Bengals, Michigan State University

• Doug Dickey – football coach at University of Tennessee and University of Florida

• Paul Dietzel – football coach at Louisiana State University, Miami University

• "Bullet" Bill Dudley – NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins, University of Virginia

• Francis A. "Mother" Dunn, Former halfback for the Canton Bulldogs, Dickinson College

• Dennis Erickson – football coach, Montana State University

• Josh Harris - Majority Owner, Washington Commanders - University of Pennsylvania

• Hunter Henry- tight end of New England Patriots, University of Arkansas Mackey Award Winner

• Kevin Hogan – quarterback of Kansas City Chiefs, Stanford University

• William Roy "Link" Lyman – Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle, Super Bowl champion, University of Nebraska

• Tommy Mason – football player, Tulane University, Minnesota Vikings

• Tom Mack – Pro Football Hall of Fame Offensive Guard, University of Michigan

• Ed McCaffrey – Professional football player, Stanford University

• Greg McElroy – University of Alabama QB 2009 National Champions, NFL QB for the Cincinnati Bengals

• Davis Mills – Professional football player, Stanford University

• Tom Moore – Assistant Head Coach/Offense, Arizona Cardinals, University of Iowa

• Don Nehlen – former head football coach at West Virginia University, Bowling Green State University

• John Offerdahl – former NFL linebacker, Western Michigan University

• Carson Palmer – quarterback of Arizona Cardinals, University of Southern California

• Todd Peterson – former NFL place-kicker, University of Georgia

• Matt Prater – NFL Kicker for the Detroit Lions, University of Central Florida

• Peter Pund – Captain and Center for the 1928 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

• Bo Schembechler – former University of Michigan football coach, Miami University

• Adam Seward – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Dennis K. "Dutch" Stanley – Football coach at University of Florida

• Drew Stanton – Arizona Cardinals quarterback and former Detroit Lions quarterback, Michigan State University

• Everett Strupper – College Football Hall of Fame halfback, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Barry Switzer – (Honorary) former football coach University of Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys, University of Oklahoma

• Fran Tarkenton- quarterback of Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, University of Georgia

• David Treadwell – former NFL kicker, Clemson University

• Denny Thum – president of the Kansas City Chiefs Rockhurst University

• Lloyd Yoder – College Football Hall of Fame tackle, Carnegie Mellon University

• Christian McCaffrey – Heisman trophy finalist running back, Stanford University, running back San Francisco 49ers

• Josh Rosen – Free agent NFL quarterback most recently for Cleveland Browns former quarterback of University of California, Los Angeles

• Kirby Smart – University of Georgia football head coach, University of Georgia

• DeMarcus Walker – Defensive End, Chicago Bears

Golf

 * Andy Bean – golf announcer, player on the PGA Champions Tour, University of Florida
 * Bob Gilder – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
 * Bobby Jones – famous amateur golfer/lawyer, founder of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, Georgia Tech
 * Gary Koch – golfer, sportscaster, course designer, University of Florida
 * Tom Purtzer – golfer, PGA Champions Tour, Arizona State University
 * Steve Melnyk – golfer, University of Florida
 * Bob Murphy – golfer, long time sports announcer, NCAA Golf individual champion, US Amateur champion, University of Florida

Tennis

 * Bob Bryan – tennis player, Stanford University
 * Mike Bryan – tennis player, Stanford University
 * Bradley Klahn – tennis player, Stanford University
 * Patrick McEnroe – tennis professional, Stanford University

Other sports
• Bob Baffert – Triple Crown winning trainer, University of Arizona

• Andy Douglas – professional wrestler, Morehead State University

• Joey Gilbert – professional boxer, University of Nevada

• Jimmie Heuga – first American Olympic skier to medal University of Colorado at Boulder

• Ron Mason – former college hockey coach and current athletics director at Michigan State University

• Charles Jock – American middle-distance runner, University of California, Irvine

• Chris Pontius – forward for D.C. United, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Wally Ris – two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, University of Iowa

• Dave Shondell – head volleyball coach at Purdue University, Ball State

• Femi Hollinger-Janzen – forward for New England Revolution, Indiana University