List of Theta Xi members

The following list of Theta Xi members includes initiated and honorary notable members of Theta Xi. Members are listed by name and chapter.

Art and architecture

 * Jim Davis (Kappa Kappa 159), creator of Garfield comic strip
 * Emil Praeger (Alpha 272), American architect and civil engineer.

Business

 * Marshall Goldsmith (Kappa 721), American executive leadership coach and author
 * Charles Hayden (Delta 24), banker, businessman, financier and philanthropist
 * Travis Kalanick (Alpha Zeta 1223), Founder & ex-CEO of Uber
 * Jack Lindquist (Alpha Nu 263), former president of Disneyland (1990–1994)

Education

 * Palmer C. Ricketts (Alpha 84), Ninth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * William F. Sharpe (Alpha Zeta 402), Awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics for his Capital Asset Pricing Model and emeritus professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business

Entertainment

 * Jay Alders (Gamma Mu 11), Internationally acclaimed Visual Artist. Named "Best Surf Artist of the Decade" by Brazil's Alma Surf Magazine
 * Richard Boone (Tau), Emmy winning actor, (former, blackballed)
 * Bruce Davison, Golden Globe-winning actor
 * Bill Doleman (Alpha Epsilon), Studio Analyst for Root Sport Southwest
 * Buddy De Sylva (Alpha Nu 78), Oscar-nominated composer, producer, and executive
 * Henderson Forsythe, Tony award-winning actor and one of the actors who has played Colonel Sanders for KFC
 * Ferde Grofé (Alpha Nu 340), Noted Composer
 * Charles Lederer, film screenwriter, Tony award double winner, producer
 * Dudley Nichols, Oscar-winning screenwriter
 * Patrick Simmons (Beta Beta 272) Musician, author and founding member of The Doobie Brothers
 * James Brousseau, (Alpha Alpha 1777) Grammy - Man in the Mirror

Government and politics

 * Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. (Beta Zeta 409, Auburn University) - 17th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
 * Eric O'Neill (Beta Zeta 707, Auburn University) - a former American FBI operative. He worked as an Investigative Specialist, of the Special Surveillance Group (SSG), and played a pivotal role in the arrest and life imprisonment conviction of his fellow agent, Robert Hanssen, for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia. Subject of the movie Breach

Literature and journalism

 * Bill Dedman (Iota 1089), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author
 * John S. McCain, Jr. (Kappa Lambda 82 - Alumni Initiate - Old Dominion University) Admiral USN (Ret.)
 * Richard Reeves (Gamma 722), Author and syndicated columnist

Military

 * Major William H. Wiley (Alpha 11, 1st President of the Grand Lodge), major in the Union Army during the Civil War and United States Representative from New Jersey

Politics

 * Alva B. Adams (Beta 209, Yale University) - U.S. Senator from Colorado 1923-1924, 1933-1941
 * Frank Church (Tau Chapter), Stanford University - United States Senator from Idaho 1957-1981
 * Jim Donelon (Beta Xi 27, University of New Orleans) - Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Former State Representative
 * Mayson Foster (Beta Pi 42, Southeastern Louisiana University) – Mayor of Hammond, Louisiana
 * Claude Harris, Jr. (Alpha Lambda 421) (University of Alabama) - US Congress Representative from Alabama (1987–1993); Circuit Judge, 1977–1985
 * Donald H. Magnuson (Upsilon Chapter) - U.S. Congressman from Washington

Philanthropy

 * Ray Klinginsmith (Beta Iota 1), World President of Rotary International 2010-2011
 * David Hirsch (Alpha Beta 1078), Founder 21st Century Dads Foundation 2015–Present

Science and technology

 * Edwin Howard Armstrong (Epsilon 70), inventor and the Father of FM Radio
 * Allen B. DuMont (Alpha 349), American scientist and inventor
 * James Hall (Alpha 38) Geologist and Paleontologist
 * Raymie Stata (Delta Chapter - MIT) Inventor
 * James S. Voss (Beta Zeta 312), Astronaut; He is a veteran of five space missions and lived on the International Space Station for five and a half months.
 * Frederick Winslow Taylor (Gamma 53), Father of Scientific Management

Sports

 * Al Brosky (Alpha Beta 563), Illinois safety and member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
 * Ray Clay (Gamma Kappa 35), ex-Chicago Bulls Announcer.
 * Lee Eilbracht (Alpha Beta 463), lead Illinois to four Big Ten baseball titles, and had a brief stint with the Chicago Cubs before becoming a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
 * Ryan Mathews (Kappa Sigma 1141), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver for Bill Davis Racing.
 * Tom Penders (Alpha Pi 573), Head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston.
 * Frank Quilici (Beta Theta 54), former manager of the Minnesota Twins.
 * Bob Schaefer (Alpha Pi 570), former manager of the Kansas City Royals.
 * Jerry Tagge (Alpha Epsilon 916), National Championship American football quarterback for the 1970 and 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Green Bay Packers.
 * Steve Wright (Alpha Lambda 430), played on University of Alabama Sugar Bowl team, Green Bay fifth-round pick in 1964.