Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on March 9, 1856. This is a list of notable members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Academia and educator

Hurst Robins Anderson – president of Centenary University, Hamline University, and American University Paul R. Anderson – president of Chatham University and Temple University Milton Eisenhower – president Kansas State University, president Johns Hopkins University James M. Farr – president of the University of Florida Mike Feinberg – co-founder of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Bruce Grube – president of Georgia Southern University Ralph Cooper Hutchinson – president of Washington & Jefferson College Richard Kinney—president of Hadley School for the Blind Dan Papp – president of Kennesaw State University Luis Proenza- president of University of Akron Clemmie Spangler – served as president of the University of North Carolina system )(1986–1997)

Business

Josh Abramson – founder of CollegeHumor, University of Richmond Keith Barr - current CEO and President of CarMax, 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 David Einhorn – president, Greenlight Capital, Cornell University Scott T. Ford – CEO, Alltel Wireless, University of Arkansas Paul L. Foster – president and CEO of Western Refining, Baylor University J. B. Fuqua – former businessman and philanthropist. The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is named after him Bowman Gray Sr. – former president and chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, UNC Chapel Hill Josh Harris – co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of several sports teams George Watts Hill – banker, hospital administrator, and philanthropist, UNC Chapel Hill Paul Tudor Jones – founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation, University of Virginia Steve Lacy – president and CEO, Meredith Corporation, Kansas State University David S. Lewis – former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Corporation, Georgia Tech Lewis Bergman Maytag (Iowa State, 1910) – Maytag Corporation president Aubrey McClendon – co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Duke University John Motley Morehead III – Developed foundation of Union Carbide Company, Lifetime philanthropist UNC Chapel Hill Doug Oberhelman - former CEO and Executive Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., Millikin University William Perez – former CEO, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Nike, Inc., Cornell University Ross Perot Jr. – businessman and real estate developer, chairman of Perot Systems, Vanderbilt University T. Boone Pickens – chairman, Mesa Petroleum, Oklahoma State University Charles Price II – chairman and CEO – Price Candy Company, University of Missouri Dan Rapoport – financier and philanthropist, president of Rapoport Capital, University of Houston William Spell – founder and current president of Spell Capital Partners, University of Minnesota Chris Sullivan, founder Outback Steakhouse, University of Kentucky William T. Young – businessman, founder and former CEO of JIF, University of Kentucky

Entertainment

Television and film George Bodenheimer – president of ESPN Inc. and ESPN on ABC Beau Bridges – actor, UCLA Lloyd 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 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 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 Chet Huntley – NBC news anchor Montana State University Paul James – actor, television show Greek, Syracuse University 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 Pat Robertson – media mogul, televangelist, political commentator Washington and Lee 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, known for the Wonder Years, Stanford University Grant Shaud – actor on Murphy Brown, University of Richmond Mike Song – dancer, founder of Kaba Modern University of California, Irvine David Spade – actor known for Saturday Night Live, Arizona State University Kevin Tighe – actor, University of Southern California Casper Van Dien – actor Starship Troopers, Beverly Hills 90210 Florida State University Ed Wilson – president of Tribune Broadcasting, 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

Music

Glen Ballard – veteran songwriter and producer, University of Mississippi Dierks Bentley – country music singer University of Vermont Jimmy Dunne – songwriter, recording artist, composer, film and television producer, University of Kentucky Bobby Hatfield – singer, the Righteous Brothers, California State University Long Beach Nick Lachey – singer and former husband of Jessica Simpson, Miami University George McConnell – former guitarist for Widespread Panic, University of Mississippi Quinn XCII, songwriter and musician, Michigan State University Matt Stillwell – country music artist, songwriter Western Carolina University Bobby Troup – musician, songwriter University of Pennsylvania Rudy Vallée – singer, actor, and entertainer, University of Maine, Yale University Christian Talcott Webster (Chris Webby) - independent hip hop artist, Hofstra University

Law

Bruce Castor – former solicitor general and acting attorney general of Pennsylvania, Lafayette College Andrew O. Holmes – Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court"State Lawyers Mourn Holmes", The Tennessean (July 25, 1965), p. 1-A, 4-A. L.Q.C. Lamar – Statesman (D), Justice of US Supreme Court, University of Mississippi Richard Scruggs – Lawyer, University of Mississippi

Literature and journalism

George Abbe – poet and author, University of New Hampshire Sandro Corsaro – author and animator Ross M. Dick – journalist at The Milwaukee Journal and fourth president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing William Faulkner – Nobel Prize-winning author, University of Mississippi John Jakes – author, DePauw University James J. Kilpatrick – syndicated newspaper columnist, author, University of Missouri Albert Jay Nock – author and social critic Walker Percy – author, UNC Chapel Hill Ernie Pyle – Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II journalist, Indiana University Charles Strum – Associate managing editor for the New York Times, Dickinson College Curtis Wilkie - Newspaper reporter, college professor and historian, University of Mississippi Stuart Woods – author, University of Georgia

Military Charles C. Campbell, USA (Ret.) – US Army general (retired), former FORSCOM commander, Louisiana State University Dana T. Merrill – United States Army brigadier general Richard Myers – former chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Kansas State University Arlo L. Olson – United States Army Captain, Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II, University of South Dakota Edmund Kirby Smith – general, Confederate States of America, The University of the South 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 InstituteWilliam Peterkin Upshur

Politics

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 Dennis Chavez – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico University of New Mexico 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 Richard Russell – former US Senator from Georgia University of Georgia George Smathers- former U.S. Senator and Congressman from Florida (D), philanthropist, University of Florida

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 – 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 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 Hamilton C. Jones – former US Representative from North Carolina (D) UNC Chapel Hill Adam Kinzinger – US Representative from Illinois (R), Illinois State University J. Alex McMillan – former US Representative from North Carolina (R), UNC Chapel Hill