Kappa Sigma is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. This is a list of some of the notable members of Kappa Sigma.
Academics Steven C. Beering (Chi), former president, Purdue University Alexander Bondurant (Upsilon), classicist and educator, University of Mississippi William Cade (Tau), president, University of Lethbridge, behavioral ecologist Bryan Coker (Phi), president, Maryville College Paul Farmer (Eta Prime), medical anthropologist, physician. professor and of the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School Gary Forsee (Beta-Chi), president, University of Missouri System John C. Futrall (Xi), president, University of Arkansas, 1913–1939 Christian Gauss (Alpha-Zeta), literary critic and former professor, Princeton University Irvine W. Grote (Alpha-Iota), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Noted Chemist and inventor of Rolaids. Ernest Hartsock (Alpha), former professor of poetics, Oglethorpe University John Herbert Hollomon Jr. (Gamma-Pi), former president, University of Oklahoma; Former Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Commerce Manley Ottmer Hudson (Alpha-Omega), former professor, Harvard University Robert Nozick (Alpha Tau), American philosopher William N. Ruud (Delta-Mu), president, Shippensburg University Paul Rudolph (Beta-Eta), former chair of the Department of Architecture, Yale University John W. Ryan (Delta-Sigma), president emeritus, Indiana University D. M. Smith (Kappa), chair, mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Don C. Sowers, economist, sociologist, and physicist, University of Oregon and University of Colorado Boulder Lyon Gardiner Tyler (Zeta), former president, College of William & Mary
Art Herblock (Alpha-Chi), cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize winner Mort Walker (Beta-Gamma), cartoonist, Beetle Bailey Gluyas Williams (Gamma-Eta), cartoonist, The New Yorker
Business Craig Barrett (Beta-Zeta), chairman and former CEO, Intel Talmage Cooley (Zeta), founder & CEO of Democracy.com John Donahoe (Gamma-Epsilon), former CEO of eBay and current CEO of Nike Robert Eaton (Gamma-Omicron), former chairman DaimlerChrysler AG Mike Eskew (Chi), CEO, UPS Gary Forsee (Beta-Chi), president and CEO of Sprint Nextel Dan Fredinburg (Mu-Delta), Google executive William Hewlett (Beta-Zeta), founder, Hewlett Packard William Hinson (Alpha-Tau), owner, WPHinson Trading Richard Johnson (Alpha-Phi), founder and president, HotJobs Albert Bond Lambert (Zeta), early aviator, sponsor of The Spirit of St. Louis, namesake of Lambert International Airport Robert Krebs (Beta-Zeta), former CEO, Burlington Northern Robert W. Lundeen (Gamma-Sigma), chairman of the board, Dow Chemical Scottie Mayfield (Alpha-Tau), president, Mayfield Dairy Farms George J. Maloof, Jr. (Kappa-Alpha), former co-owner of the Palms Hotel and Casino and the Sacramento Kings Nate Morris (Alpha-Eta), entrepreneur Alan Mulally (Gamma-Omicron), former president and CEO Ford Motor Company Bobby Murphy (Beta-Zeta), co-founder of Snapchat John Olin (Alpha-Kappa), former chairman Olin Corporation Spencer Truman Olin (Alpha-Kappa), executive Olin Corporation John R. Patrick (Beta-Iota), former IBM vice president and innovative leader in the technology industry Richard Rainwater (Tau), Financier Willard F. Rockwell (Alpha Delta), founder of Rockwell International Cyrus R. Smith (Tau), former president of American Airlines Jack Smith, Jr. (Gamma-Delta), president, General Motors Evan Spiegel (Beta-Zeta), co-founder and CEO of Snapchat Todd Wagner (Beta-Theta), Broadcast.com co-founder Jason Kelly (Gamma-Pi), Ginkgo Bioworks co-founder, CEO
Entertainment
Film and television
Johnny Mack Brown (Beta), actor, Billy the Kid, many cowboy movies John Brotherton (Gamma-Sigma), actor, Fuller House, The Conjuring, many other notable Film & TV appearances Craig Conover (Kappa-Chi), actor, Southern Charm Richard Crenna (Delta-Eta), actor, Rambo John Driscoll (Kappa Phi), actor, Guiding Light, The Young and the Restless Chip Gaines (Lambda-Tau), owner of Magnolia Homes and HGTV Show, Fixer Upper Chris Harrison (Theta Psi), actor, The Bachelor Dennis Haskins (Alpha-Iota), actor, Saved By the Bell Gordon Jump (Gamma-Chi), actor, WKRP in Cincinnati, portrayed the Maytag repairman Wink Martindale (Epsilon-Pi), TV game show host David Nelson (Delta Eta), actor, Ozzie and Harriet Mark Neveldine (Delta-Phi), director, screenwriter, producer, actor Crank Mike O'Malley (Beta-Kappa), actor, Yes, Dear, Nickelodeon GUTS, Glee Evan Puschak (Mu-Psi), video essayist Robert Redford (Gamma-Tau), Academy Award-winning actor, director, founder of the Sundance Film Festival Steve Sabol (Beta-Omega), president of NFL Films Gailard Sartain (Epsilon-Mu), actor Greg Smith (Theta-Beta), actor, Everwood Kerr Smith (Alpha-Lambda), actor, Dawson's Creek Ted Turner (Beta-Alpha), media mogul (TNT, TBS, CNN, Atlanta Braves) Michael C. Williams (Xi-Gamma), actor, The Blair Witch Project Nick Wilson (Beta-Nu), winner Survivor Survivor season 37: David vs Goliath Bill Wittliff (Tau), screenwriter, The Perfect Storm
Music Bill Anderson (Beta-Lambda), singer and songwriter Derek Andersen (Mu-Delta), EDM DJ and producer, part of the duo Slander Jimmy Buffett (Epsilon-Nu), singer, businessman best known for his Margaritaville franchise Hoagy Carmichael (Beta-Theta), composer and movie star AJ Castillo (Xi-Delta), Tejano recording artist, accordionist, singer, performer, and producer Kevin Griffin (Gamma), lead singer and musician, Better Than Ezra Josh Kelley (Delta-Xi), musician Scott Land (Mu-Delta), EDM DJ and producer, part of the duo Slander Paul "P.H." Naffah (Rho), drummer, The Refreshments, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Bobby Pulido (Lambda-Psi), musician, Tejano recording artist Samuel Ramey (Gamma-Chi), operatic bass, actor Sam Vogel (Pi-Beta), EDM DJ and producer Jauz
Journalism and literature
Richard Allin (Omega), author/ journalist, Arkansas Gazette Marquis Childs (Beta-Rho), journalist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sam Donaldson (Epsilon-Xi), journalist ABC News Steve Kroft (Gamma-Iota), journalist, 60 Minutes Stewart Mandel (Epsilon-Delta), journalist Sports Illustrated Craig Melvin (Alpha-Nu), Journalist / Broadcaster NBC Edward R. Murrow (Gamma-Mu), Broadcasting Legend Drew Pearson (Pi), columnist Anthony Sadler (Nu-Lambda), author known for defending the 2015 French train terrorist attack Lowell Thomas (Beta-Omicron), Journalist, Commentator John Ward (Lambda), U. of Tennessee radio broadcaster
Law William Lee Estes (Upsilon), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (1920–1930) H. F. Gierke III, (Delta-Mu), justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (1983–1991); chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (1991–2006), chief Judge (2004–2006) Edward H. Johnson, (Epsilon Omega), judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, (1992–2010), chief judge (1999–2000) David E. Kendall (Alpha-Pi), Attorney to President Bill Clinton David McCain (Delta-Delta), justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (1970–1975) Edwin L. Pittman (Epsilon-Nu), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1989–2004), chief justice (2001–2004) Steven W. Taylor, (Gamma-Psi), justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma (1994–), chief justice (2011–2013)
Military Captain Edward Allworth (Gamma-Sigma), U.S. Army. Medal of Honor recipient. General Burwell B. Bell (Alpha-Iota), U.S. Army Colonel Jason Bothwell (Theta-Zeta), U.S. Army. Program Director of the Year for 2016 from the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association. Corporal Kyle Carpenter (Chi-Omega), U.S. Marine Corps. Medal of Honor recipient. Major General Frank L. Culin Jr. (Gamma-Rho), U.S. Army. World War II commander of the 87th Infantry Division. Captain Frank Freyer (Alpha-Tau), 14th Naval Governor of Guam; Chief of Staff of the Peruvian Navy Vice Admiral William E. Gortney (Lambda-Lambda), Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Admiral Cary T. Grayson (Nu), United States Navy surgeon, Chairman of the American Red Cross General Paul V. Hester (Delta-Xi), Commander, Pacific Air Forces Colonel Thomas George Lanphier, Jr. (Beta-Zeta), World War II fighter pilot Lieutenant General Richard C. Mangrum (Beta-Psi), first Marine Aviator to receive the "Gray Eagle Award" Lieutenant General Hal Moore (Alpha-Eta), U.S. Army. Distinguished Service Cross recipient General Samuel C. Phillips (Delta-Gamma), Commander, Air Force Systems Command from 1973 to 1975 Lieutenant Commander Gordon Arthur Stanley (Gamma-Alpha), U.S. Navy ace
Politics
Current officeholders John Boozman (Xi), Senator, Arkansas (2010–); former U.S. Representative, Arkansas (2001–2010) Michael P. Guest (Delta-Chi), U.S. Representative, Mississippi (2019–) Ken Helm (Theta-Delta), Oregon State Representative (2015–) Mike Johnson (Gamma), U.S. Representative, Louisiana (2017–), Speaker of the House (2023–)
Governors Thomas L. Bailey (Alpha-Upsilon), former governor of Mississippi (1944–1946) David M. Beasley (Kappa-Upsilon), former governor of South Carolina (1995–1999) Millard F. Caldwell (Zeta), former governor of Florida (1945–1949) Forrest C. Donnell (Beta-Gamma), former governor of Missouri (1945–1951) Lee S. Dreyfus (Beta-Epsilon), former governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983) Paul Fannin (Gamma-Rho), former governor of Arizona (1959–1965) Frank Freyer (Alpha-Tau), former Naval Governor of Guam (1910–1911); Chief of Staff of the Peruvian Navy Dwight Green (Alpha-Pi), former governor of Illinois (1941–1949) Beauford H. Jester (Tau), former governor of Texas (1947–1949) Joseph B. Johnson (Alpha-Lambda), former governor of Vermont (1955–1959) John Ellis Martineau (Xi), former governor of Arkansas (1927–1928) Robert Evander McNair (Chi-Omega), former governor of South Carolina (1965–1971) Harry Nice (Alpha-Alpha), former governor of Maryland (1935–1939) Paul E. Patton (Beta-Nu), former governor of Kentucky (1995–2003) George C. Peery (Omicron), former governor of Virginia (1934–1938) Sonny Perdue (Beta-Lambda), former governor of Georgia (2003–2011) Xenophon Overton Pindall (Xi), former governor of Arkansas (1907–1908) Ruffin G. Pleasant (Gamma), former governor of Louisiana (1916–1920) James Hubert Price (Mu), former governor of Virginia (1938–1942) David C. Treen (Sigma), former governor of Louisiana (1980–1984)
U.S. Senate Richard Burr (Delta-Omega), former senator, North Carolina (2005–2023); former U.S. Representative, North Carolina (1995–2005) Bob Dole (Gamma-Omicron), Senate Majority Leader; 1996 Republican Party Presidential Nominee Paul J. Fannin (Gamma-Rho), former senator, Arizona (1959–1987) Estes Kefauver (Lambda), former senator, Tennessee (1949–1963) John L. McClellan (Xi), former senator, Arkansas (1943–1977) John G. Tower (Iota), former senator, Texas (1961–1985)
U.S. House of Representatives William V. Alexander (Xi), former Congressman, Arkansas (1966–1992) Tom Allen (Alpha-Rho), former Congressman, Maine (1997–2009) Ed Bethune (Xi), former Congressman, Arkansas (1979 –1985) Dan Boren (Theta), former Congressman, Oklahoma (2005–2013) Douglas Bosco (Theta-Delta), former Congressman, California (1983–1991) Dante Fascell (Epsilon-Beta), former Congressman, Florida (1955–1993); former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee William Shields Goodwin (Xi), former Congressman, Arkansas (1911–1921) Samuel B. Hill (Xi), former Congressman, Washington (1923–1936) Frank Horton (Gamma), former Congressman, New York (1963–1993) Robert Hurt (Upsilon), former Congressman, Virginia (2011–2017) Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (Theta-Psi), former Congressman, Oklahoma (1993–2007) Ken Lucas (Beta-Nu), former Congressman, Kentucky (1999–2005) John L. McClellan (Xi), former Congressman, Arkansas (1932–1939) Charlie Melancon (Epsilon-Chi), former Congressman, Louisiana (2005–2011) John Murtha (Beta-Delta), former Congressman, Pennsylvania (1974–2010)