List of Delta Tau Delta members

Below is a list of notable members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.

Current government officials

Governors

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott
• Montana Governor Greg Gianforte

U.S. Senators

• Delaware Senator Thomas R. Carper

U.S. Representatives

• Virginia Representative Rob Wittman
• Texas Representative Morgan Luttrell, Navy SEAL; U.S. Representative in the TX-8th congressional district;

Municipal

• Indianapolis, Indiana Mayor Greg Ballard
• Allen County, Indiana County Council Kyle Kerley
• Los Angeles, California Chief of Police Dominic Choi

Former government officials

National

U.S. Vice Presidents

• Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
• Henry Agard Wallace (1941-1945)

U.S. Supreme Court

• William J. Brennan Jr. (1956-1990)
• Tom C. Clark (1949-1967)

Federal judges

• Carlos Bea, Ninth Circuit Judge, 2003–present
• Thomas G. Nelson, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1990 to 2004.
• Charles E. Collett, assistant US Attorney for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• John V. Singleton, (District Judge, 1966–1988)
• Sam Sparks, senior United States district judge of the Austin Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
• Henry Alvan Mentz, Jr., District Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana 1982–2001

U.S. Senate

• Kansas Governor and Senator Henry Justin Allen
• Connecticut Governor and Senator Raymond Baldwin
• Kansas U.S. Senator Joseph L. Bristow ^[1]
• Colorado Senator Hank Brown
• Indiana Senator William E. Jenner
• South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson
• Florida Senator George LeMieux

U.S. House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House and vice presidential candidate Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan (1999–2019) ; Speaker (2015–2019)
• Speaker of the House Missouri Representative Champ Clark (1893–1895; 1897–1921); Speaker (1911–1919)
• California Representative C. Christopher Cox (1988–2002)
• Colorado Representative, lawyer, judge Allen Thomson Gunnell
• Kentucky Representative Ernie Fletcher (1999–2003)
• Florida Representative Bill Sublette (1993-2001)
• Illinois Representative James Mann (1911-1919)
• Texas Representative Kent Hance (1979–1985)
• Michigan Representative Charles H. Varnum (1967-1982)
• Mississippi Representative Henry L. Muldrow (1877–1885) ^[2]
• Ohio Representative Donald J. Pease (1977–1993)
• Ohio Representative Tim Ryan ( 2003-2023)
• Pennsylvania Representative Jesse J. White (2007-2015)
• Pennsylvania Representative Jeff Habay (1995-2006)
• California Representative Harley Rouda (2019-2021)
• Kentucky Representative Ed Whitfield (1995–2016)

Other federal officials

• Former Director of the Bureau of Investigation A. Bruce Bielaski
• Ramsey Clark, US Attorney General, 1967-1969
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox
• White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater

• U.S. Ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson
• George M. Wallhauser Jr, Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority
• U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge George MacKinnon
• New Mexico Governor and U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson
• John W. Snow, US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-2006
• Stuart Jamieson Fuller, Vice Consul to Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden, Consul to Peru, Consul General in China.
• Steve Schmidt

Meritorious Federal Employees

• Timothy J. McCarthy, U.S. Secret Service Agent shot while protecting President Reagan in 1981

Foreign

• James Jerome, Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons, 1974–1979

State

• Reubin Askew, Governor of Florida, 1971-1979
• James J. Blanchard, Governor of Michigan, 1983-1991
• Ernie Fletcher, Governor of Kentucky, 2003-2007
• Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma
• Adam Beeler, justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1930 until 1932
• Bruce Johnson, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
• Adam McMullen, Governor of Nebraska
• Arthur J. Weaver, Governor of Nebraska
• Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, 2007-2015
• Adam Edelen, Kentucky State Auditor
• Jacob Henry Miller, lawyer from the U.S. State of Ohio who served as President of the Ohio State Senate.
• Todd Hollenbach, Kentucky State Treasurer
• Tyrone C. Fahner, 37th Attorney General of Illinois (1980-1983)
• Morris S. Halliday
• Carl V. Weygandt

Municipal

• Michael Sessions, Hillsdale, Michigan Mayor
• William "Bill" Soards II, Hamilton County, IN Council Member
• O.W. Williams, Pecos County, Texas County Judge
• Rick Rector, Hudson, New York Mayor, Common Council Member
• Jody Czajkoski, Mayor of Conroe, Texas
• Curtis P. Smith
• Greg Ballard , 48th Mayor of Indianapolis (2008-2016)

Academics

• Charles Lincoln Edwards, American Zoologist
• Hank Brown, former Senator and former President of the University of Colorado
• James Tobin,
• Jay Keasling, 2006 Discover magazine Scientist of the Year
• Joseph Rallo, President of Angelo State University
• Kent Hance, Chancellor of Texas Tech University
• Martin C. Jischke, President of Purdue University
• Michael D. Shonrock, former President of Lindenwood University
• Peter Likins, former President of The University of Arizona
• Ralph Cicerone, President of National Academy of Sciences
• William English "Brit" Kirwan, Chancellor of the University of Maryland System ^[3]
• William Tate, dean of men at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, from 1946 until 1971.

Artists and entertainment industry

• Alexander Calder, Sculptor and artist
• Anthony Bartolotte, Reality Television
• Aron Kincaid, Actor
• Austin Miller, Actor
• Bill Fagerbakke, Actor
• Carter Covington, Writer and producer
• Chip Chinery, Actor, comedian
• Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter
• David Schwimmer, Actor
• David Sullivan, Actor
• Don King, Photographer, cinematographer, and film director
• Drew Carey, Actor, host, and comedian
• Ed O'Neill, Actor
• Eddie Ifft, Comedian
• Fielder Cook, Film director
• Frederic Forrest, Actor
• Greg Berlanti, Writer and producer
• Jack O'Brien, Tony Award-winning director
• Jarel Settles, ^[4] Actor
• James Marsden, Actor
• Jeremy Iversen, Actor and author
• Jim Lemley, Film producer
• Jim Nabors, Actor
• Joel Higgins, Actor
• Johnny Sheffield, Actor
• Matthew McConaughey, Actor
• Roy Jenson, Actor
• Stephen Gaghan, Director-screenwriter
• Thad Luckinbill, Actor
• Timothy J. Cox, Actor
• Robert Armstrong, Actor
• Actor Will Ferrell

Music

• Oak Ridge Boys vocalist Duane Allen
• John Summit, American DJ and Producer
• Country singer Keith Anderson
• R.E.M. lead guitarist Peter Buck
• John Denver, Grammy award winning musician
• Bread lead vocalist David Gates
• Restless Heart guitarist Greg Jennings
• Craig Klein, co-founder of Bonerama, a brass funk rock band
• Eddie Reeves singer, songwriter & record executive
• Singer Al Staehely
• Chummy MacGregor
• Dog's Eye View singer Peter Stuart

Astronauts

• M. Scott Carpenter
• Ken Mattingly

Business and philanthropy

• Chris Meek, Vice President of Goldman Sachs
• Edward Whitacre, Jr.; Former Chairman of General Motors, and former CEO of SBC
• Fred C. Tucker, owner and CEO of the F.C. Tucker Company from 1958 to 1986. He is best known for leading development and revitalization efforts in downtown Indianapolis.
• Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitar
• J. Michael Cook, former Chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche, LLP
• Jack Laughery, Hardee's Restaurants Chairman
• Jeff Stibel, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp CEO
• John Arrillaga, real estate (worth $1.4 billion), Stanford University
• John van Hengel, America's Second Harvest Food Bank founder
• John W. Snow, former CEO of CSX Corporation
• Melvin Belli, Attorney
• Myron E. Ullman, JCPenney CEO
• Paul Rosso, president and chairman of the board of Sumitomo 3M, a joint venture of 3M and Sumitomo Group
• Peter Woo, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited Chairman
• Richard T. Farmer, founder of Cintas
• Richard Wagoner, Former CEO of General Motors
• Ronald Tutor, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tutor Perini, and president of the Tutor-Saliba Corporation
• Thomas Hoegh, investor and entrepreneur who oversees a portfolio of high-growth businesses in the creative sectors
• Tim Boyle, President of Columbia Sportswear
• Tom Gegax, entrepreneur, author, angel investor and philanthropist'
• Vic Edelbrock, Jr., Edelbrock CEO and President
• William Bayer, ^[5] Former SMS Construction and Mining Systems, Inc. and Komatsu Canada Limited CIO,
• William F. Buckley Sr., American lawyer and oil developer
• William Lerach, Attorney- University of Pittsburgh

Military

• Archibald Butt, military advisor to Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Taft; victim of RMS Titanic sinking
• Greg Ballard
• Mahlon Apgar IV, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, known as the "father" of the US Army's housing privatization program, the largest such public-private partnership program in the Department of Defense
• Marcus Luttrell, Navy SEAL; author of the book Lone Survivor
• Morgan Luttrell, Navy SEAL; U.S. Representative in the TX-8th congressional district; Twin brother of Marcus Luttrell

Print and journalism

• ABC-TV reporter Dan Abrams
• Political commentator Andrew Breitbart
• Mythology writer Joseph Campbell
• Jim Castillo, American certified broadcast meteorologist at KSDK 5 On Your Side in St. Louis, Missouri.
• [Red Hat]/Fedora Unleashed co-author Hoyt Duff
• David Payne, chief meteorologist for CBS affiliate KWTV-DT (channel 9) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• Will Carleton, American poet
• Forrest Gump author Winston Groom
• NBC-TV reporter Bob Dotson
• Fox News host Bill Hemmer of America's Newsroom
• Novelist John D. MacDonald
• American writer, poet, and attorney Max Ehrmann
• Harper's editor and author Willie Morris
• Television journalist and broadcaster Roger Mudd
• Author Richard North Patterson
• Journalist and World War II war correspondent Quentin Reynolds
• The New Republic founder Willard Straight
• Former NYC PR man and amateur cartoonist Bob Wilson
• ESPN-SEC/CBS/Atlanta Journal/Constitution – Book author, Sports writer and reporter, columnist/College Football TV analyst "Mr. College Football" Tony Barnhart

Religion

• Episcopal bishop Alfred A. Gilman
• Methodist bishop Marshall Russell Reed
• Peter Beckwith, American Anglican bishop.

Sports

Baseball

Shawn Green

• A. J. Hinch, Houston Astros manager and World Series champion in 2017
• Bo Schultz, American former professional baseball pitcher
• Branch Rickey, instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. Also created the framework for the modern minor league farm system, introduced the batting helmet and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.
• Branch Rickey III, President of the Pacific Coast League
• Buddy Bell, former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) currently serving as vice president and senior advisor to the general manager for the Cincinnati Reds
• Dave McCarty, former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball
• Drew Storen, former professional baseball relief pitcher
• Ed Sprague, the only baseball player ever to win the College World Series, an Olympic championship, and the World Series.
• Eppa Rixey, best known as the National League's leader in career victories for a left-hander with 266 wins until Warren Spahn surpassed his total in 1959
• George Sisler, elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939
• Mike Aldrete, currently the first base coach for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball
• Joe Conzelman, ^[6] pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Steve Buechele, current front office executive for the Texas Rangers
• J. Walter Miller, MLB pitcher 1924–1933 ^[7]
• Mark Marquess, head coach at Stanford University
• Mike Mussina, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.
• Rick Helling, special assistant to the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association
• Russ Miller, MLB pitcher 1927–1928 ^[8]
• Shawn Green, Major League Baseball (MLB) two-time All-Star right fielder ^{[9] [10]}

Basketball

• Andy Phillip, elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961
• Bobby Leonard, inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 2014
• Buck Harris, guard for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia, won the 1900 championship and made the All-Southern Team in 1901.
• Charles Murphy, inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960
• Ed Nealy, won the NBA championship in 1993 as a member of the Chicago Bulls
• E. R. Cowell
• Jim Andrews
• Justin Zanik, the general manager of the Utah Jazz
• Michael Cherney
• Mike Bratz
• Mark Marquess
• Mike Phillips
• Pete Carril, former coach, Princeton University
• Ray Mears winningest coach in University of Tennessee history
• Rich Falk, former coach of the Northwestern Wildcats; Associate Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference
• Rick Robey
• Scott Drew, coach, Baylor University
• Ward Lambert
• Zach Kleiman, General manager of the Memphis Grizzlies, and won the NBA Executive of the Year Award 2021-2022

Football

John Elway

• Alfred Sharp
• Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans
• Billy Joe Tolliver
• Boyd Dowler
• Cale Gundy, Assistant Coach at the University of Oklahoma
• Carmen Cozza
• Chad Hutchinson
• Chris Dalman, former San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman and later offensive line coach
• Dante Lavelli
• Dave Wyman
• Dick Hartley
• Enoch Brown
• Erik Lorig
• Frank Juhan
• Gene Washington, Former NFL player, and from 1994 to 2009, the Director of Football Operations for the NFL.
• George W. Gregory, starting center for the University of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams of 1901, 1902 and 1903, winning 3 national championships.
• Greg Van Roten
• Herb McCracken
• Howard Mudd
• Irby "Rabbit" Curry, All-Southern quarterback shot down over French skies in World War I
• Jason Fisk
• Jeff Siemon Minnesota Vikings 4X ProBowl College Football HOF
• Jess Neely, Captain of 1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football team; winningest coach in Rice history; member of College Football Hall of Fame
• Jeff Voris, coach at Butler University
• Jim Parady, coach at Marist College
• Jim Plunkett
• Joe Avezzano
• John Elway
• John Lynch
• Jon Ritchie
• J. W. Knibbs, head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley for the 1905 college football season
• Kent Nix
• Les Horvath
• Mark Rypien
• Owen Marecic
• Pos Elam
• Randy Bullock
• Stein Stone, head coach of the Clemson college football program in 1908, 4x All-Southern (1904–1907), AP Southeast All-Time football team 1869–1919 era, 1912 All-time Vandy 1st team, 1934 All-time Vandy team
• Tot McCullough
• Tavita Pritchard, QB coach for the Washington Commanders
• William Caley, University of Colorado Boulder record holder, second leading scorer on the undefeated 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team

Horse racing

• Horse owner Bob Lewis
• Horse owner and trainer John T. Ward, Jr.
• Horse owner and breeder John W. Galbreath
• Prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner Samuel S. Brown

Other sports

Al Oerter

• Al Oerter, four-time Olympic Champion in discus throw
• Andy Banachowski, women's volleyball coach at UCLA
• Bruce Barnes, ^[11] high-ranking professional American tennis player of the 1930s
• Bob Bennett, American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
• David Mitchell (figure skater)
• Kyle Rote, Jr., former professional soccer player, with 5 Caps for the United States men's national soccer team.
• Lance Larson, American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in four events. He was the first high school swimmer to break the 50-second barrier in the 100-yard freestyle. Larson was the first man in the world to swim the 100-meter butterfly in under sixty seconds.
• Ludy Langer, ^[12] American Olympic Swimmer and silver medalist in the 400-m freestyle and in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
• Mark Mendelblatt, yachtsman, three-time college All-American, silver medalist at Pan American Games, silver medalist at Laser World Championships
• Roy Saari- American Swimmer and water polo olympic medalist, and the first person to break the 17 minute barrier over 1500 m. In the International Swimming Hall of Fame and USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
• Scott Dunlap- American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions, having previously been a member of the PGA Tour
• Todd Martin- American retired tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the 1994 Australian Open and the 1999 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4.

Sportscasters

• Bill Flemming
• Bill Macatee
• Craig Sager
• Jay Randolph
• Jon Miller
• Jon Ritchie
• Pat O'Brien
• Steve Bunin

References

1. "Joseph Bristow Papers: Biography". KSHS.org. Topeka, KS: The Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
2. "Delts of the United States Congress" (PDF). The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta. Vol. LXXIV, no. 3. Fulton, Mo.: ΔΤΔ Fraternity. March 1951. p. 142. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
3. Kentucky Delt to give UK commencement speech, Delta Tau Delta, 4 May 2009, archived from the original on 23 July 2011, retrieved 18 June 2009
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6. "Marriage of Conzelman / Dunn". Hartford Courant . 11 December 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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8. Makio. Vol. XLV. Ohio State University. 1926. p. 118. hdl:1811/72650 . Retrieved 1 August 2020– via OSU.edu.
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External links

• Media related to Members of Delta Tau Delta at Wikimedia Commons