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Alpha Tau Omega is an American social
fraternity founded at the
Virginia Military Institute in 1865. Following is a list of Alpha Tau Omega members who have achieved notability.
Academia
Business
Entertainment
John Besh : celebrity chef
Anthony Michael Brooks : world champion Rubik's Cube solver
Loring Buzzell : music publisher and record label executive
Dana Elcar : 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 : actor known for
Melrose Place ,
Silk Stalkings , and
90210
Guy Fieri (Nevada-Las Vegas):
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
Bob Guiney : Bob the Bachelor from The Bachelor 4
Andrew Haug : radio announcer; drummer for
Contrive
Jack Ingram : country music performer
Anthony Jeselnik : standup-comedian, writer, and actor
Greg Kinnear :
Talk Soup host; 1998
Academy Award nominee
Bert Kreischer : stand-up comedian, actor, and reality television host; known as "The Machine"
Art Linkletter : television personality; author, Kids Say The Darndest Things
Elmer Lower : former president of
ABC News
Frank Marshall : film producer and director; co-founder of
Amblin Entertainment
Garry Marshall : film director, television producer (
Happy Days and
Laverne & Shirley
Forrest Sawyer :
ABC News ,
Nightline
Adam Schroeder :
Warner Brothers and
FOX New Regency movie producer;
Chronicle ,
The Truman Show ,
Clueless
[7]
Elliot Segal : radio DJ and host of
Elliot in the Morning
Grant Show : actor known for
Melrose Place
Stryker : radio DJ and co-host of the radio show Loveline
Reynolds Wolf : CNN meteorologist
Law
Richard H. Bryan : former Nevada Attorney General, former US Senator and Nevada Governor
Stephen H. Grimes
(University of Florida ): Chief Justice of the
Florida Supreme Court
Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): U. S. District Attorney, Maryland Senator, Mayor Baltimore
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
Robert Page Waller Morris
United States representative from
Minnesota and a
United States district 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)
William J. Raggio : Nevada State Senator; former D.A. of Washoe County in Nevada (1958–1970)
Erskine Mayo Ross (VMI 1865): attorney and Judge of the U. S. Circuit Court Caliifornia
[6]
Jim Santini : US Congressman, State of Nevada; former Nevada district court judge
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 ; notable cases include
Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision and
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
Michael Waddington : court-martial defense lawyer; notable cases include
Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal, the Iron Triangle murder case (
William B. Hunsaker ), the
Maywand District killings , and the
Mahmudiyah killings
Literature and journalism
Military
Politics
Lee Atwater : Chair of the
Republican National Committee
Birch Bayh (
Purdue ): US Senator from Indiana
Richard H. Bryan (Nevada-Reno): former US Senator and Nevada Governor
C. Farris Bryant (
University of Florida ):
Governor of
Florida 1961-1965
George C. Butte : jurist and Texas politician
Alberto "Al" Cardenas (
Florida Atlantic University ) political lobbyist
Lawton Chiles (University of Florida)US Senator;
Governor of Florida 1991-1998
Nathan Deal (
Mercer University ): Governor of
Georgia
Andrew Durham (
University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky) Head of NASA Communications;
President of Nigeria
James Eastland : US Senator from 1942-1979; Senate Pro Tempore, 1972–1979
Frank Fahrenkopf : Chair of the Republican National Committee; president and CEO of the
American Gaming Association
Sam Gibbons : Congressman
Matt Griffin (Nevada-Reno): Deputy Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
Edward J. Gurney : US Senator, Florida
Lee H. Hamilton : US Congressman, Indiana
Thomas Gordon Hayes (VMI 1866): U. S. District Attorney, Maryland Senator, Mayor Baltimore
Spessard Holland (
University of Florida ): US Senator; Governor of Florida
Roy M. Huffington : Ambassador to Austria, 1990–93
Harry A. Johnston : US Congressman, Florida
Robert H. Johnson (
University of Wyoming ): state senator from
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Kurt Kelly (Florida State University): State Representative dist. 24 Florida
Jack Kemp : 1996 candidate for US Vice President; former US Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Kindness (
University of Maryland, College Park ): US Congressman,
Ohio
Clarence D. Long : US Representative, 1963-1985
Mike Mansfield : US Senate Majority Leader, 1961-1977
Mel Martinez : US Senator, Florida
Larry McDonald : Georgia Congressman; killed on
Korean Air Flight 007
Harry Mitchell : US Congressman,
Arizona
Robert Page Waller Morris
United States representative from
Minnesota and a
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota .
John E. Porter : Congressman, Illinois
William J. Raggio (Nevada-Reno): Nevada State Senator
Jim Santini (Nevada-Reno): US Congressman, Nevada
Grant Sawyer (Nevada-Reno): Governor of Nevada, 1959-1967
Eric Simons : Jackson Township trustee
Alan K. Simpson :
US Senator ,
Wyoming
Charles H. Smelser (
University of Maryland, College Park ): former Maryland State Senator
James C. Smith (Florida State University) former
Florida Attorney General and
Florida Secretary of State
J. Christopher Stevens : former US Ambassador to Libya (June - September 2012); killed in the
U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi
James Stockdale : 1992 Independent vice-presidential nominee
John S. Tanner (
University of Tennessee ): US Congressman from
Tennessee
Religion
Science
Sports
John Ayers : NFL football player, 1977–1987
Dom Capers : defensive coordinator,
Green Bay Packers ; former NFL head coach
Chris Capuano : MLB pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Bud Collins : tennis announcer, author
Cris Collinsworth : former
NFL wide receiver, sports anchor
Lee Corso : sports commentator, football coach
Len Dawson : NFL Hall of Famer,
Super Bowl IV MVP, sports anchor
Paul Dee : former
University of Miami athletics director
Ted DiBiase : "The Million Dollar Man"; former
WWF wrestler
Terry Funk : pro wrestler
Mike Droese : "Duke The Dumpster"; former
WWE wrestler
Joe Girardi :
New York Yankees former manager and catcher; former
Florida Marlins manager
Steve Gleason : NFL football player, 2000-2008
Lucas Glover (Clemson University): PGA Tour golfer; winner of the
2009 US Open
Curt Gowdy : sports broadcaster for five decades; seven
Super Bowls and 14 World Series
Lou Groza : NFL Hall of Famer
Joe B. Hall : former head basketball coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats who were the 1978 National Champions
Bill Ireland (Nevada-Reno): University of Nevada; Las Vegas Baseball Coach 1960-1967; UNLV's first athletic director; the "father of UNLV athletics"
Keith Jackson : sports commentator,
ABC
Tommy John (
Indiana State University ): Major League Baseball pitcher; four-time All-Star team; initiated in 1964
Ed Jucker : former head coach of the
University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team; coached the team to two national championships in the 1960–61 and 1961-62 seasons
Ernie Koy Jr. : Texas Longhorns, 1963 National Champions; Pro Bowl running back for
New York Giants
Magnum T. A. : "Terry Allen"; Former WWF pro wrestler
Joel McNulty : All Time
Big Ten Conference men's
track and field winner; two record-setting and one other win, 1952-1953
Derek Miles ,
pole vaulter
[10]
Curt Miller : head coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun
Jim Mora : former head coach of the
New Orleans Saints
Victor Oladipo : NCAA 1st Team All-American for the
Indiana Hoosiers
Rob Pannell : all-time NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse scoring leader at
Cornell University
Roger Reina : former UPenn wrestling coach
Brandon Slay : gold medalist at Sydney Olympics in wrestling
Steve Spurrier : head coach of the
University of South Carolina Gamecocks;
Heisman Trophy winner 1966 at University of Florida; former Florida head coach; 1996 National Championship
Brad Stevens (
DePauw University ): head coach of the
Boston Celtics ; former head coach of
Butler Bulldogs basketball team
Jason Szuminski : MLB baseball player (San Diego Padres) - 1st major league athlete drafted from
MIT
Robby Thompson : second baseman for the
San Francisco Giants , 1986-1996; winner of the
Willie Mac Award in 1991
Jim Tressel : former head coach of the
Ohio State Buckeyes who were the2002 National Champions
Matt Valenti : two-time NCAA national champion wrestler
Chandler Worthy : WR for the Houston Texans, 2015–present
Jack Youngblood : NFL Hall of Fame
Robert Jackson (1972 initiate): offensive guard, Cleveland Browns, 1975-1985
Fictional members
Bugs Bunny : animated Warner Brothers character; initiated in 1947 at University of Kentucky; Warner Bros endorses Bugs as an actual member
[11]
References
^
a
b "Charter Members of the Alpha Chapter 1865". The ATO Palm : 180–181. April 1936.
^
"John Garland James, ATO Founder" . San Angelo Morning Times . 1930-02-13. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-01-27 .
^ Association, Texas State Historical.
"James, John Garland" . Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved 2024-01-27 .
^
https://ocr.lib.ncsu.edu/ocr/ua/ua010_200-001-bx0001-011-004/ua010_200-001-bx0001-011-004.pdf [
bare URL PDF ]
^
a
b "REVISED CATALOGUE ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS". ATO Palm . 19 : 263. December 1898.
^
a
b
REGISTER OF FORMER. CADETS. CENTENNIAL EDITION (PDF) . ROANOKE PRINTING CO., Inc. Roanoke, Virginia. 1939. pp. 42–48, 52, 55, 64, 66. {{
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link )
^
"Adam Schroeder" . IMDb .
^ Green, Jennifer R.; Adams, John A. (2003-02-01).
"Keepers of the Spirit: The Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University, 1876-2001" . Journal of Southern History . 69 (1): 11–14.
doi :
10.2307/30039895 .
ISSN
0022-4642 .
^ "Wedding Last Night One of Much Interest", Laramie Boomerang , April 25, 1918, p. 8
^
"Derek Miles receives Olympic bronze medal" . Argus Leader . Retrieved 2018-03-19 .
^
"Alpha Tau Omega" . Archived from
the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-08 .