Famous Kappa Sigma Brothers

Kappa Sigmas in media and entertainment:

Jimmy Buffett, Epsilon-Nu (Southern Mississippi) - Musician
Robert Redford, Gamma-Tau (Colorado) - Movie star
Sam Donaldson, Epsilon-Xi (Texas-El Paso) - News correspondent, ABC News
Mort Walker, Beta-Gamma (Missouri-Columbia) - Cartoonist
Wink Martindale, Epsilon-Pi (Memphis State) - Entertainer
Edward R. Murrow, Gamma-Mu (Washington State) - Journalist
Richard Crenna, Delta-Eta (Southern California) - Actor
Ted Turner, Beta-Alpha (Brown University) - Owner, Turner Broadcasting
Hoagy Carmichael, Beta-Theta (Indiana) - Songwriter
Dennis Haskins, Alpha-Iota (Tennessee/Chattanooga) - Actor
Bert Jones, Gamma (LSU) - Sports Commentator
Stephen F. Croft, Gamma-Iota (Syracuse) - CBS Journalist

Kappa Sigmas in sports:

Jerry Jones, Xi (Arkansas) - Owner, Dallas Cowboys
Ted Turner, Beta-Alpha (Brown University) - Owner, Atlanta Braves
Lamar Hunt, Epsilon-Nu (SMU) - Sports Businessman, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs and Football Hall of Fame inductee
D. Wayne Lukas, Beta-Epsilon (Wisconsin) - Record winning Thoroughbred Trainer
Greg Landry, Gamma-Delta (Massachusetts) - Quarterback, Detroit Lions (retired)
Rick Barry, Epsilon-Beta (Miami) - Golden State Warriors basketball player (retired)
Rollie Massimino, Alpha-Lambda (Vermont) - Head basketball coach, Villanova University
Curtis Strange, Delta-Omega (Wake Forest) - Professional golfer
Lanny Wadkins, Delta-Omega (Wake Forest) - Professional golfer
Jay Haas, Delta-Omega(Wake Forest) - Professional golfer
Peter Jacobsen, Gamma-Alpha (Oregon) - Professional golfer
Stump Merrill, Psi (Maine) - Coach, New York Yankees
Steve Rogers, Epsilon-Mu (Tulsa) - Pitcher, Montreal Expos (retired)
Carl Lundgren, Alpha-Gamma (Illinois) - Pitcher, Chicago Cubs (retired)
Cecil Upshaw, Jr., Epsilon (Centenary) - Pitcher, Atlanta Braves (retired)
Chuck Dobson, Gamma-Omicron (Kansas) - Pitcher, California Angels (retired)

Kappa Sigmas in politics:

Bob Dole, Gamma-Omicron (Kansas) - Senator and Senate Majority Leader, R-Kansas
James Sasser, Lambda (Tennessee) - Senator, D-Tennessee
Bill Alexander, Xi (Arkansas) - Congressman, D-Arkansas
Douglas Bosco, Theta-Delta (Williamette) - Congressman, D-California
Hal Daub, Beta-Sigma (Washington-St. Louis) - Congressman, R-Nebraska
Dante Fascell, Epsilon-Beta (Miami) - Congressman, D-Florida
Frank Horton, Gamma (LSU) - Congressman, R-New York
Mike Lowry, Gamma-Mu (Washington State) - Congressman, D-Washington
Neal Smith, Beta-Gamma (Missouri-Columbia) - Congressman, D-Iowa
George Wortley, Gamma-Iota (Syracuse) - Congressman, R-New York

Kappa Sigmas in Business:

Jack Smith, Jr., Gamma-Delta (Massachusetts) - President, General Motors
Robert Eaton, Gamma-Omicron (Kansas) - Chairman and chief operating officer, Chrysler Corporation
Paul Henson, Alpha-Psi (Nebraska) - Chairman of the Board, United Telecom
William Hewlett, Beta-Zeta (Stanford) - Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard
Bill Howard, Alpha-Eta (George Washington) - President, Piedmont Airlines
Allen Jacobson, Gamma-Lambda (Iowa State) - CEO, 3M Company
R.W. Lundgren, Gamma-Sigma (Oregon State) - Chairman of the Board, Dow Chemical
Ben Gilmer, Beta-Eta (Auburn) - CEO, AT&T
Peter Leggett, Upsilon (Hampden-Sydney) - Vice Persident, Legett Stores
Willard Rockwell, Alpha-Delta (Penn State) - President, North American Rockwell
J. Tylee Wilson, Delta-Beta (Lafayette) - Chairman, RJR Nabisco

Kappa Sigmas in academics and research:

Denton Cooley, Tau (Texas) - Heart surgeon
Edgar D. Mitchell, Delta-Alpha (Carnegie-Mellon) - Former Apollo program astronaut
Edwin Hubble, Gamma-Beta (Chicago) - Astronomer
Steven C. Beering, Chi (Purdue) - President, Purdue University
Thomas J. Clifford, Delta-Mu (North Dakota) - President, University of North Dakota
Arthur H. DeRosier, Jr., Epsilon-Nu (Southern Mississippi) - President, Rocky Mountain College
John G. Johnson, Delta-Alpha (Carnegie-Mellon) - President, Butler University
Theron Montgomery, Jr., Alpha-Nu (Wofford) - President, Jacksonville State
John W. Ryan, Delta-Sigma (Utah) - President, Indiana University
Dr. Irvine Grote, Alpha-Iota (Tenn/Chattanooga) - Inventor of Rolaids and chemistry professor

Other Famous Kappa Sigmas:

Rev. John M. Allin, Omega (Sewanee) - Former Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Hoagy Carmichael, Beta-Theta (Indiana) - Composer and movie star

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