List of Phi Kappa Tau members

The following is a list of notable members of Phi Kappa Tau, a college fraternity in the United States.

National presidents Term of officeName and chapter1906–1907 Taylor A. Borradaile (Miami)*1907–1908 Harvey C. Brill (Miami)*1908–1909 Wilmer G. Stover (Miami)*1909–1910 Alexander R. Paxton (Miami)*1910–1911 Edward E. Duncan (Miami)*1911 Ernest N. Littleton (Miami)*1911–1912 Howard A. Pidgeon (Ohio)*1912–1913 Clarence Ray Ridenour (Ohio)*1913–1914 William H. Shideler (Miami)*1914–1915 Robert G. Webber (Ohio)*1915 Eckley G. Gossett (Ohio State)*1915–1916 S. Francis "Frank" Cox (Centre)*1916–1917 Ewing T. Boles (Centre)*1917–1919 Frederick R. Fletemeyer (Illinois)*1919–1920 Henry E. Hoagland (Illinois)*1920–1923 Edgar Ewing Brandon (Miami)*1923–1925 John V. Cotton (Centre)*1925–1928 Harry A. Taylor, MD (Nebraska Wesleyan)*1928–1930 Isaac Miles Wright (Muhlenberg)*1930–1934 W. Massey Foley (Miami)*1934–1959 Roland W. Maxwell (Southern California)*1959–1962 Harold E. Angelo (Mississippi State)*1962–1964 William A. Hammond (Miami)*1964–1966 Louis C. Gerding, Jr. (Colorado)*1966–1968 Warren H. Parker (Nebraska Wesleyan)*1968–1970 Melvin Dettra, Jr. (Ohio State)*1970–1972 Thomas L. Stennis II (Mississippi State)*1972–1975 Ray A. Clarke (Bowling Green)*1975–1977 Edward A. Marye, Jr. (Kentucky)*1977–1979 F. L. McKinley (Oklahoma State)*1979–1981 Thomas C. Cunningham (Nebraska Wesleyan)*1981–1983 John M. Green (Nebraska Wesleyan)*1983–1985 Raymond A. Bichimer (Ohio State)*1985–1987 Harold H. Short (Colorado State)*1987–1989 John Cosgrove (Florida)*1989–1993 Walter G. Strange (Auburn)*1993–1995 Rodney E. Wilmoth (Nebraska Wesleyan)*1995–1997 Stephen Brothers (University of California, Berkeley)1997–1999 Gregory D. Hollen (Maryland)1999–2002 Todd E. Napier (Evansville)2002–2004 Joseph J. McCann, Jr. (Spring Hill)*2004–2006 C. William Crane (Georgia)2006–2008 Charles T. Ball (Miami)2008–2010 William C. Macak (Florida State)2010–2012 Gregory M. Heilmeier (Bethany)2012–2014 Stephan M. Nelson (University of Southern Mississippi)2014–2016 Rick A. Keltner (California State University Sacramento)2016–2018 Mike Dovilla (Baldwin Wallace University)2018–2021 William F. Brasch (University of Louisville)2021–2023 Dale S. Holland (Kent State University)2023–2025 Michael W. McCrum (Texas State University-San Marcos)2025– Michael Lummus (Belmont University)

deceased

Chief executives

Ralph K. Bowers, Mount Union 1917–1929 * Richard J. Young, Miami 1929–1961 * Jack L. Anson, Colgate 1961–1970 * William D. Jenkins, Bowling Green 1970–1978* John W. Meyerhoff, Colgate 1978–1987 John M. Green, Nebraska Wesleyan 1987–1998 * Joel S. Rudy, Bethany 1998–2002 * C. Steven Hartman, Muskingum 2002–2013 W. Tim Hudson, Truman State 2014–2022 Samuel W. Medley, Transylvania 2022–23 (interim) Matthew Arnold, Southern Illinois 2023–2026 Allyn R. Shaw, PhD, Michigan State (interim) 2026- * deceased

Notable members (dates following college names are fraternity initiation dates)

Law, politics, and government

Jeffrey L. Amestoy (Hobart College 1965), former chief justice, Vermont Supreme Court; former attorney general of Vermont C. Clyde Atkins (University of Florida 1935), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1966–99 Spencer Bachus (Auburn University 1967), U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama Guy K. Bard (Franklin and Marshall 1921), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937, 1939–1952 David Baria (University of Southern Mississippi), Mississippi state senator 2008–2011, Mississippi House of Representatives, 2011–present John Barrasso (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1971), U.S. senator, Wyoming Ray C. Bliss (University of Akron 1938), chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1965–1969 John Y. Brown, Sr. (Centre College 1917), U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky, 1933–35 Randy Christmas (University of Miami 1948), mayor of Miami, Florida E. Virgil Conway (Colgate University 1948), chairman of the board of the MTA, New York City John Cosgrove (University of Florida 1968), attorney; member of the Florida House of Representatives; mayor of Cutler Bay, Florida C. Welborn Daniel (University of Florida 1947), member of the Florida House of Representatives, 1956–1964; member of the Florida Senate, 1963–1966, 1968–1971 Mike Dovilla (Baldwin–Wallace College 1994), member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 2011–present Gerald A. Drew (University of California, Berkeley 1922), U.S. ambassador to Haiti and Bolivia John T. Elfvin (Cornell University 1938), judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Richard Ervin (University of Florida 1926), chief justice, Florida Supreme Court, 1964–1975 Lawrence H. Framme III (Centre College 1968), former chair, Democratic Party of Virginia Ralph M. Freeman (University of Michigan 1923), judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1954–1990 Josh Fryday (California-Berkeley 1999), candidate for California lieutenant governor 2026 John M. Gerrard (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1973), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska; former Nebraska Supreme Court judge Fred Hall (University of Southern California 1935), governor of Kansas, 1955–1957 Joseph Hernandez (University of Florida 1996), entrepreneur; Republican candidate for New York State Comptroller, 2026 William Gardner Hewes (University of Southern Mississippi 1981), mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi; Mississippi State Senate, 1982–2012; Mississippi Senate president pro tempore, 2008–2012 Robert Hilkemann (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1966), Nebraska legislator Robert E. Holmes (Ohio University 1941), justice, Ohio Supreme Court, 1978–1992 David L. Huber (University of Louisville 1962), United States attorney for the Western District of Kentucky Harry Huge (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1956), internationally known trial attorney David M. Ishee (University of Southern Mississippi 1982), associate justice, Supreme Court of Mississippi Trent Kelly (University of Mississippi 1987), U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi 2015– James Lawrence King (University of Florida 1946), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Richard G. Kopf (University of Nebraska-Kearney 1966), senior judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska Tom Kunse (Michigan Technological University ????) Michigan House of Representatives 100th District 2022– William C. Lantaff (University of Florida 1931), U.S. House of Representatives, Florida, 1951–55 Joseph M. Martinez Jr. (Florida State 1949), member, Florida House of Representatives Mitch McConnell (University of Louisville 1961), U.S. senator, Commonwealth of Kentucky William E. McVey (Ohio University 1915), U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois, 1951–58 Ken Mehlman (Franklin and Marshall College 1985), Republican National Committee Chairman, 2005–07 James B. Milliken (Centre College 1918), judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals (now Kentucky Supreme Court), 1951–75; chief justice, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1971–73 Robert Moak (University of Mississippi 1979), member, Mississippi House of Representatives James Moeller (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1952), vice chief justice, Arizona Supreme Court, 1987–1998 Hugh M. Morris (University of Delaware 1930), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 1919–30 James D. Oberweis (University of Illinois 1966), member, Illinois Senate; owner of Oberweis Dairy Theodore Olson (University of the Pacific 1961), former solicitor general of the United States Robert J. Parrillo (University of Colorado 1960), personal injury attorney Verle Pope (University of Florida 1962), president of the Florida Senate, 1966–68 John Redwine (University of Kansas 1969), former member, Iowa Senate Kenneth L. Ryskamp (University of Miami 1954), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Thomas C. Sawyer (University of Akron 1966), U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio, 1987–2003 Lee Solomon (Muhlenberg College 1972), justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. (University of Southern California 1933), judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1961–2001 Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. (University of Southern California Hon.), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1937–1965 George V. Voinovich (Ohio University 1956), former US senator, Ohio Joseph R. Wright (University of Kentucky 1959), Kentucky Senate 1976–92, owner of Wright Implement

Military

Robert Arter (Ohio University 1947), retired major general, U.S. Army; commanding general, Sixth United States Army Donald V. Bennett (Michigan State University 1934), general, U.S. Army; 47th superintendent of the United States Military Academy, 1966–69 Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. (University of Florida 1932), commandant, United States Marine Corps, 1968–1972 Donald R. Delauter (University of Maryland, College Park 1952), retired brigadier general, U.S. Air Force George S. Howard (Ohio Wesleyan University 1928), former commander and music director of The United States Air Force Band Paul Robert Ignatius (University of Southern California 1938), secretary of the Navy, 1967–1969; former president of The Washington Post James G. Jones (Miami University 1953), retired major general, U.S. Air Force Rodney P. Kelly (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 1963), retired major general, U.S. Air Force Robert J. Meder (Miami University 1936), member of the Doolittle Raiders of World War II Carl E. Mundy, Jr. (Auburn University 1955), retired general, commandant, United States Marine Corps, 1991–1995 Jerry D. Page (University of Southern California 1936), major general, U.S. Air Force; commandant, Air War College Virgil A. Richard (Oklahoma State University 1957), retired brigadier general, U.S. Army Cornelius E. Ryan (University of California-Berkeley 1931), major general, United States Army Joseph K. Spiers (North Carolina State University 1956), retired major general, U.S. Air Force; commander of Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base Colonel Walbrook D. Swank (Ohio State University 1933), command personnel officer, USAF Walter H. Yates, Jr. (University of Southern Mississippi 1962), retired major general, U.S. Army; deputy commanding general, Fifth United States Army

Education

Jack L. Anson (Colgate University 1947), former executive director of the North American Interfraternity Conference; editor of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities William Brantley Aycock (North Carolina State University 1934), chancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1957–1964 Rev. George O. Bierkoe (Muhlenberg College 1920), co-founder and first president of Endicott College, 1939–1971 Edgar Ewing Brandon (Miami University 1906), acting president, Miami University, 1909–10, 1926–7 Paul William Brosman (University of Illinois 1919), dean of the Tulane Law School, 1937–51 Charles F. Chapman (Cornell University 1930), founder of Charles F. Chapman School of Seamanship Ward Darley, MD (University of Colorado 1924), president, University of Colorado, 1953–1956 Walter S. Gamertsfelder (Ohio University 1952), president, Ohio University, 1943–1945 Benjamin Hudson, Ph.D. (Penn State 1974), professor of history and medievalist, Penn State University William N. Johnston (Westminster College 1969), president of Wesley College (Delaware) Grayson L. Kirk (Miami University 1921), president of Columbia University, 1953–1968 Richard Kneedler (Franklin and Marshall 1962), president of Franklin and Marshall College, 1988–2002 Paul Moyer Limbert (Franklin and Marshall 1921), secretary general of the World Alliance of YMCAs; president of Springfield College J. Sterling Livingston (University of Southern California 1937), professor of Harvard Business School, 1941–71