Alpha Tau Omega is an American social fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1865. Following is a list of some of the notable Alpha Tau Omega members. Dates are the date of joining.

Academia

Bob Clement (University of Tennessee), president of Cumberland University and US House of Representatives Karl Taylor Compton: President of MIT John Garland James (VMI): 2nd president of Texas A&M University(1879–1883), president of Texas Military Institute(1868–1879) Hardaway Hunt Dinwiddie (VMI): 4th president of Texas A&M University(1883–1887) Frank Hereford: former president of the University of Virginia Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967) and President of the University of Florida (1967–1973) Santa Ono (Emory, honorary), 28th president of University of Cincinnati and 15th president of University of Michigan Blake R. Van Leer: fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology, founder of Southern Polytechnic State University, former dean of University of Florida and North Carolina State University

Art and architecture

Lehman "Monk" Ferris, architect

Business David Bohnett (USC): technology entrepreneur; co-founder of GeoCities Paul J. Brown (Georgia Tech); CEO of Arby's William H. Davidson (Wisconsin, 1924), co-founder and president of Harley-Davidson Motor Company Walter G. Ehmer (Georgia Tech): CEO of Waffle House Frank Fahrenkopf (Nevada-Reno 1959): president and CEO of the American Gaming Association Harold Allen Fernald (University of Maine 1954); Vice President CBS (retired) Frank Fertitta III (LSU, 1961): CEO of Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada; owns Ultimate Fighting Championship Gerald J. Ford (Southern Methodist): CEO of Golden State Bancorp Richard S. Fuld Jr. (Colorado) CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Richard C. Green (Southern Methodist), CEO of Aquila Corporation Matthew J. Hart (Vanderbilt, 1971), former president, COO, and CFO of Hilton Hotels James P. Hoffa (Michigan State,1960): president of Teamsters Union; Jimmy Hoffa's son Roy M. Huffington (Southern Methodist, 1935), United States Ambassador to Austria J. Erik Jonsson (Rensselaer, 1924): founder of Texas Instruments Donald Keough (Georgia, 1986), president, chief operating officer, and a director of The Coca-Cola Company Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. (University of Georgia): president of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp. Billy Joe "Red" McCombs (University of Texas, 1959): former owner of Minnesota Vikings; namesake of McCombs School of Business F. James McDonald (GMI-EMI, 1983), former president, CEO, and COO of General Motors Frank Page (UNC at Chapel Hill, 1895): industrialist and banker Gregory R. Page (North Dakota, 1973): president and CEO of Cargill, Inc. Lewis E. Platt (Cornell 1960): former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Bernard Ramsey (University of Georgia): executive with Merrill Lynch and philanthropist Joe Rogers Jr. (Georgia Tech, 1965), CEO of Waffle House John Schnatter, founder of Papa John's Christopher A. Sinclair (University of Kansas): CEO of Mattel Elton Bryson Stephens Sr. (Birmingham-Southern): founder of EBSCO Industries James E. Thompson (San Jose State, 1959): founder, chairman, and CEO of the Crown Worldwide Group Edward Magruder Tutwiler (VMI, 1865): President Tutwiler Coal, Coke & Pig Iron Co., Birmingham, Al. John A. Young (Oregon State, 1950): former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard

Entertainment John Besh: celebrity chef Roman Bohnen (Minnesota 1920), stage and film actor Anthony Michael Brooks (Missouri), world champion Rubik's Cube solver Loring Buzzell: music publisher and record label executive Bud Collins (Baldwin-Wallace, 1948), tennis announcer and author T. S. Cook (Denison, 1969), Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated screenwriter Dana Elcar (Michigan, 1949), film and TV actor best known for his supporting role on MacGyver Hunter Ellis: reality TV star; host of History Channel's Tactical to Practical Rob Estes (Southern California, 1983), an actor known for Melrose Place, Silk Stalkings, and 90210 Guy Fieri (Nevada-Las Vegas, 1988), Food Network star; host of Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives Brad Fiorenza: MTV's The Real World: San Diego cast member Christopher Fitzgerald: Broadway and film actor Paul Gilmartin (Indiana, 1982), comedian and television host Curt Gowdy (Wyoming, 1939), sports broadcaster Bob Guiney (Michigan State, 1990), Bob the Bachelor from The Bachelor 4 Andrew Haug: radio announcer; drummer for Contrive Jack Ingram (Southern Methodist), country music performer Keith Jackson (Washington State, 1952), sports broadcaster who won sports Emmys in 1995 and 1997 Anthony Jeselnik (Tulane), standup comedian, writer, and actor Greg Kinnear (Arizona, 1983), Talk Soup host; 1998 Academy Award nominee Bert Kreischer (Florida State, 1982), stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host; known as "The Machine" Art Linkletter (San Diego State, 1951), television personality; author, Kids Say The Darndest Things Elmer Lower (Missouri) former president of ABC News Frank Marshall (UNCA, 1965), film producer and director; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment Garry Marshall (Northwestern, 1953), film director and television producer known for Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley Forrest Sawyer (Florida, 1968), Emmy-winning newscaster with ABC News and Nightline Adam Schroeder: Warner Brothers and FOX New Regency movie producer; Chronicle, The Truman Show, Clueless Elliot Segal: radio DJ and host of Elliot in the Morning Grant Show (UCLA, 1984), actor known for Melrose Place Stryker (DJ): radio DJ and co-host of the radio show Loveline Reynolds Wolf: CNN meteorologist

Law

Stephen H. Grimes (University of Florida): Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court Procter Ralph Hug Jr. (Nevada-Reno): Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Willis B. Hunt Jr. (Emory University): Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia John Morgan (Florida, 1975), founder of the law firm Morgan & Morgan Page Morris, US House of Representatives and Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Stephen C. O'Connell: Justice and Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (1955–1967) and President of the University of Florida (1967–1973) Erskine Mayo Ross (VMI 1865): attorney and Judge of the U. S. Circuit Court California James C. Smith (Florida State University) former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State William L. Summers: criminal defense lawyer; past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Michael Waddington: court-martial defense lawyer

Literature and journalism

Shelby Foote: novelist and Civil War historian Gene Fowler (Colorado, 1911), author and screenwriter Cork Graham: novelist and combat photographer Jack McCallum (Muhlenberg ’68), novelist and writer for Sports Illustrated Jon Meacham: editor of Newsweek; bestselling author; commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America Tennessee Williams (Missouri, 1930), Pulitzer Prize winner for A Streetcar Named Desire

Military Frank Bowman (Duke University): Admiral, USN (retired); former Chief of Naval Personnel and director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion George S. Rentz (Gettysburg College): United States Navy Chaplain Corps and commander in the United States Navy Holland Smith (Auburn University): General, USMC; the "father" of modern US amphibious warfare James Stockdale (Monmouth, 1989) vice admiral and vice-presidential nominee in 1992 Charles F. Wald (North Dakota State): General, USAF (retired); EUCOM Deputy Commander 2002-2006 Loren D. Hagen (North Dakota State): First Lieutenant, United States Army; Medal of Honor recipient, August 7, 1971, A Shau Valley, Vietnam

Politics Lee Atwater (Newberry, 1970), Chair of the Republican National Committee Birch Bayh (Purdue, 1946): US Senate from Indiana Richard Bryan (Nevada-Reno, 1956): former US Senate and Nevada Governor C. Farris Bryant (University of Florida): Governor of Florida 1961-1965Meiklejohn, Don (March 1962). "Emory was His Bridge". Emory Alumnus. Atlanta, GA: 4–5. George C. Butte: jurist and Texas politician Al Cárdenas (Florida Atlantic University) political lobbyist Lawton Chiles (University of Florida, 1949) US Senate; Governor of Florida 1991-1998 Bob Clement (University of Tennessee), US House of Representatives and president of Cumberland University Nathan Deal (Mercer University, 1966): Governor of Georgia James Eastland (Vanderbilt, 1926), US Senate (1942–1979); Senate Pro Tempore, 1972–1979 T. Cooper Evans, US House of Representatives Frank Fahrenkopf: Chair of the Republican National Committee; president and CEO of the American Gaming Association Sam Gibbons: US House of Representatives Dwight Griswold (Nebraska, 1913), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senate Edward Gurney: US Senate, Florida Lee H. Hamilton DePauw, 1949), US House of Representatives, Indiana Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): Maryland Senate, Mayor of Baltimore, and U. S. District Attorney Spessard Holland (Emory, 1909): US Senate; Governor of Florida Roy M. Huffington (Southern Methodist, 1935), US Ambassador to Austria Harry Johnston, US House of Representatives, Florida Kurt Kelly (Florida State University): State Representative dist. 24 Florida Jack Kemp (Occidental, 1954), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and professional football player Tom Kindness (University of Maryland, College Park): US House of Representatives, OhioTerrapin Yearbook. College Park, MD: University of Maryland. 1951. Clarence D. Long (Washington & Jefferson,1930), US House of Representatives Mike Mansfield (Montana, 1938), US Senate Majority Leader, 1961-1977 Mel Martínez: US Senate and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Larry McDonald: U.S. House of Representatives; killed on Korean Air Flight 007 Harry Mitchell: US House of Representatives, Arizona Page Morris, US House of Representatives and Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Robert L. Owen (Washington & Lee,1874), US Senate John Porter (MIT, 1954), US House of Representatives, Illinois William Raggio (Nevada-Reno): Nevada State Senator James David Santini (Nevada-Reno): US House of Representatives, State of Nevada; former Nevada district court judge Grant Sawyer (Nevada-Reno): Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967 Alan K. Simpson (Wyoming, 1960), US Senate, Wyoming Milward Simpson (Wyoming,1918), Governor of Wyoming and US Senate Charles H. Smelser ( University of Maryland, College Park), Maryland State Senator James C. Smith (Florida State University) former Florida Attorney General and Florida Secretary of State John Wesley Snyder (Vanderbilt, 1915), United States Secretary of the Treasury J. Christopher Stevens (UC Berkeley, 1979), former US Ambassador to Libya; killed in the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi John S. Tanner (University of Tennessee): US House of Representatives from Tennessee Bill Torrey (St. Lawrence, 1957), general manager for the Oakland Seals, New York Islanders, and Florida Panthers Lindsay C. Warren (UNC, 1907), Comptroller General of the United States and U.S. House of Representatives James G. Watt (Wyoming, 1957), U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Religion Hazen Graff Werner (Albion College) bishop in the United Methodist Church from 1948 to 1968

Science Vannevar Bush: physicist; WWII advisor; architect of modern government science policy Sonny Carter (Alpha Theta): NASA astronaut Arthur Compton: physicist and Nobel Prize winner Charles Duke: NASA astronaut Ferid Murad: physician and pharmacologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 Robet F. Overmyer (Baldwin Wallace University): NASA astronaut Edwin Blake Payson: Botanist"Wedding Last Night One of Much Interest", Laramie Boomerang, April 25, 1918, p. 8 Garrett Reisman (University of Pennsylvania): NASA astronaut David Wolf (Purdue University): NASA astronaut

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