The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has initiated over 100,000 members since it was founded in 1904. Following is a list of notable Pi Kappa Phi initiates, are many notable alumni that have been involved in politics, business, athletics, science, and entertainment.
Business NameChapterNotabilityGary ParrKappaVice Chairman of Lazard Serves on Board of Directors of New York Philharmonic Awarded distinguished alumnus award from the University of North Carolina Established the Parr Center for ethics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Serves on the Board of the Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolJoe ForehandAlpha IotaFormer Chairman and CEO of the global management consulting firm AccentureBen Hill GriffinAlpha EpsilonCitrus business magnate and founder of Ben Hill Griffin Inc. Ranked 261st in the Forbes 400 in 1989 (the year before his death) Served in the Florida Senate for four years Served in the Florida House of Representatives for eight years Former benefactor of the University of FloridaBrad SingerBeta Upsilon CFO of Warner Bros. Discovery Former CFO of Discovery, Inc. Serves on the Board of Warby Parker, Redfin, Sweetgreen, the Posse Foundation, Rolls-Royce, MotorolaLonnie PooleTau CEO of Waste Management Systems
Arts and entertainment NameChapterNotabilityGeorge FisherunknownLead singer of American death metal band Cannibal CorpseRandy OwenDelta EpsilonLead singer of Grammy Award-winning American country band Alabama 73 million record sales worldwide Ranks 29th in U.S. album sales according to RIAARIAA Top Artists Recording Industry Association of America Accessed 29 July 2007Trevor Penick Zeta Rho Former member of American pop group O-Town Pop singer and performerRyan CrowEta SigmaNon-Scripted Television Show ProducerNick PalanceBeta AlphaOpera SingerJim SamplesBeta Former Senior Vice President of TNT Latin America Former Senior Vice President of Cartoon Network Latin America Former General Manager of Cartoon Network Former President of HGTVJimmy TatroBeta ThetaActor and YouTube starOvi KabirAlpha SigmaSeason 21 contestant on Big BrotherStavros HalkiasEta Phi Stand-up comedian and podcaster Former co-host of the podcast Cum TownPenn HoldernessBeta Upsilon Season 33 winner of The Amazing Race Emmy Award-winning journalist YouTube and social media personality Co-Creator of The Holderness Family digital media brand
Government Legislative
NameChapterNotabilityHoward BakerAlpha SigmaFormer Senate Majority Leader Former senator from Tennessee Former White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Founder of international law firm Baker Donelson, the largest law firm in the state of Tennessee and the 78th largest law firm in the United StatesToby BarkerTheta Alpha Current Mayor of Hattiesburg Former member of the Mississippi House of RepresentativesPhil BryantTheta Alpha63rd Governor of Mississippi 31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives 40th State Auditor of MississippiCarroll CampbellSigma112th Governor of South Carolina Former member of the United States House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina Senate Former President and CEO of American Council of Life InsurersHoward CobleEpsilon IotaMember of the United States House of Representatives Former North Carolina Secretary of RevenueR. Clarke CooperBeta Eta19th U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Former U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations Security CouncilPhilip CraneAlpha IotaFormer member of the United States House of Representatives for 36 yearsJames EdwardsAlpha110th Governor of South Carolina Former Secretary of Energy under President Reagan Former member of the South Carolina Senate Former president of the Medical University of South CarolinaHenry H. FowlerXiFormer Secretary of the Treasury Former member of the War Production Board Former member of the National Security CouncilLindsey GrahamAlpha (Alumni Initiate)Former United States Senator of South Carolina Former member of the United States House of Representatives Former member of the South Carolina House of RepresentativesGeorge M. GrantOmicronFormer member of the United States House of RepresentativesSyd HerlongAlpha EpsilonFormer member of the United States House of RepresentativesBrandt HershmanOmega2010 candidate for United States House of Representatives Member of Indiana Senate, Republican Majority Floor LeaderErnest HollingsAlphaFormer member of the United States Senate 106th Governor of South Carolina Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Former chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget Former chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and TransportationOlin D. JohnstonZeta98th Governor of South Carolina Former member of the United States Senate Former member of the South Carolina House of RepresentativesDan K. Moore*Kappa66th Governor of North Carolina Former member of the North Carolina House of RepresentativesOllie Wilson NaborsOmicronFormer member of the Alabama State Senate.Gaylord NelsonGamma NuFormer member of the United States Senate 35th Governor of Wisconsin Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate Founded Earth Day in 1970 Recipient of the 1995 Presidential Medal of Freedom for his environmental workJames E. RzepkowskiEta EpsilonFormer Maryland DelegateMac SchneiderZeta GammaMember of the North Dakota SenateMark SingelAlpha MuFormer Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Former Acting Governor of PennsylvaniaWayne StenehjemZeta GammaAttorney General of North Dakota Former member of the North Dakota Senate Former member of the North Dakota House of RepresentativesPat SwindallLambdaFormer member of the United States House of Representatives from GeorgiaGeorge Bell Timmerman, Jr.*Sigma105th Governor of South Carolina Former Lieutenant Governor of South CarolinaWayne WaddellBeta OmicronFormer Louisiana State RepresentativeGeorge Wallace Jr.OmicronFormer State Treasurer of Alabama Former member of the Alabama Public Service CommissionCharles T. (Lee) MyersBeta PhiMayor of Matthews, NCMichael D. UnesEpsilon MuIllinois House of Representatives Former East Peoria City CommissionerDonald D. Slesnick, IIBeta Upsilon Former mayor of Coral Gables, FL Honorary Consul for Australia in Florida
Judicial NameChapterNotabilityCharles EatonOmicronJudge Georgia Superior Court and former Chairman Georgia Public Service CommissionDan K. Moore*KappaFormer justice of the North Carolina Superior Court and North Carolina Supreme CourtBenjamin F. OvertonAlpha EpsilonFormer Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme CourtAlan SundbergBeta EtaFormer Justice of the Florida Supreme CourtJames Clinton TurkXiFormer Senior United States District JudgeGeorge Bell Timmerman, Jr.*SigmaFormer judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina
Military NameChapterNotabilityThomas L. CarterGamma DeltaRetired Major General, United States Air Force Former Military Attache to President Ronald ReaganAdrian CronauerEta EpsilonVoice Behind Good Morning VietnamRufus G. HerringEpsilonRetired Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve Recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry and intrepidity in action in the preinvasion attack on Iwo JimaHector Andres Negroni*Alpha UpsilonRetired Colonel United States Air Force First Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force AcademyJohn J. Yeosock*Alpha MuRetired Lieutenant General, U.S. ArmyRonald J. Zlatoper*Alpha TauRetired Admiral, U.S. Navy former Commander of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC)Gary H. WilfongBeta Phi Brigadier General Assistant Adjutant General Commander of the North Carolina Air National Guard
Higher education and non-profit NameChapterNotabilityDr. Rhett BrownEta MuPresident, Wingate UniversityGeorge C. GriffinIotaFormer Dean of Students, Georgia Institute of TechnologyBrooks KeelGamma PsiPresident, Augusta UniversityDale KinkadeAlpha DeltaLlinguist and Specialist in Salishan languagesDr. Jonathan KohOmicronPresident, Shelton State Community CollegeJohn B. MeansUpsilonExecutive Director Emeritus, National Assn. of Self-Instructional Language ProgramsPhillip M. SummersAlpha Psi Former president of Vicennes University Timothy E. McGuireMember-At-Large President and CEO of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Journalism NameChapterNotabilityRich EisenAlpha KappaLead Host of The NFL Network Host of NFL GameDay Morning Former ESPN Anchor American television journalistDavid GoodnowAlpha PsiFormer CNN Headline News AnchorMalcolm JohnsonAlpha AlphaPulitzer Prize winner Investigative JournalistRick SanchezTheta DeltaTelevision and Radio Journalist with WSVN-TV Miami and Univision Radio, formerly of CNN
Literature NameChapterNotabilityThomas WolfeKappaAuthor Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
Religion NameChapterNotabilityKeith L. AckermanDelta PsiEighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy
Sciences NameChapterNotabilityRoger CrouchGamma BetaAstronautEd LuPsiAstronaut PhysicistRussell Conwell NewhouseAlpha NuInventor AltimeterCharles H. TownesDeltaNobel Prize-winning physicistDean HoEta SigmaProfessor at Northwestern University Nanotechnology researcherWilliam KouwenhovenAlpha Xi Inventor of the heart defibrillator Contributed greatly to the advancement of the CPR technique
Sports NameChapterNotabilityWally ButtsAlpha AlphaCollege Football Coach Former head football coach of the University of Georgia BulldogsRobert GrazianoDelta RhoBaseball Executive Former President/CEO of the Los Angeles DodgersJim EdmondsZeta RhoAll-Star Outfielder Retired in 2011Tommy LasordaMember-at-LargeOlympic gold medal-winning coach Former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Former Slim Fast SpokesmanJoe SewellOmicronBaseball Hall of Fame inductee Former Major League Baseball InfielderFred BerettaOmega All American (1940) Purdue and Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inducteeElmer BurnhamOmega Ex-Purdue Football Head Coach (1942–1943) Ex-University of Rochester Head Coach (1944–1960)Gene SelawskiOmega First Team All-America tackle (1958) LA Rams (1959), Cleveland Browns (1960), and San Diego Chargers (1961)Darrel "Pete" BrewsterOmega 2 Time NFL Pro Bowler (1955,1956) Professional Football Player 1952–1960Matt ArroyoBeta LambdaProfessional mixed martial artistChris MoneymakerAlpha Sigma2003 Winner of the World Series of Poker Professional Poker PlayerPat RummerfieldTheta IotaWorld's first fully recovered quadriplegic Land speed world record holder Sean Burch XiMountaineer and explorer Multi-world record holder for fastest ascentEvan AustinEta Beta 4-time Paralympic swimmer 2-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 1 bronze) Team USA Captain - 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games
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External links Pi Kapps Online Notable Alumni