The following list is merely a snapshot of brothers who have brought Acacia to prominence. The list of Acacia brothers includes initiated and honorary members of

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

Notable alumni

Politics and government

* Conrad G Selvig, ''Minnesota 1906'' - US Congressman, Minnesota * Harry Leslie, ''Purdue 1907'' - Governor of Indiana *

William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, running ...

, ''Nebraska 1908'' - Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson; orator *

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...

, ''Yale 1913'' - 27th President of the United States of America *

Paul V. McNutt Paul Vories McNutt (July 19, 1891 – March 24, 1955) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 34th governor of Indiana, high commissioner to the Philippines, administrator of the Federal Security Agency, chairman of the ...

, ''Harvard 1914'' - Governor of Indiana *

David Sholtz David Sholtz (October 6, 1891 – March 21, 1953) was the 26th Governor of Florida. Prior to serving as Governor he would be a state attorney serving Florida's 7th Judicial Circuit Court and previously as a member of the Florida House of Repres ...

, ''Yale 1914'' - Governor of Florida *

Arthur Capper Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...

, ''Kansas State 1916'' - Governor and US Senator, Kansas *

Wilburn Cartwright Wilburn Cartwright (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1979) was a lawyer, educator, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, and United States Army officer in World War II. The town of Cartwright, Oklahoma is named after him. Early life Born on a fa ...

, ''Oklahoma 1920'' - US Congressman, Oklahoma * Francis H Case, ''Northwestern 1923'' - US Congressman, South Dakota *

Ralph Yarborough Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his p ...

, ''Texas 1926'' - US Senator, Texas * Ovie Clark Fisher, ''Texas 1926'' - US Congressman, Texas; writer *

John Moore Allison John Moore Allison (April 7, 1905 – October 28, 1978) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1958, he was Ambassador to Indonesia and from 1958 to 1960 to Czechoslovakia ...

, ''Nebraska 1927'' - diplomat; Ambassador to Japan; Assistant Secretary of State under Truman *

William G. Bray William Gilmer Bray (June 17, 1903 – June 4, 1979) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served twelve terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1951 to 1975. Early life and ...

, ''Indiana 1927'' - US Congressman, Indiana *

Homer Thornberry William Homer Thornberry (January 9, 1909 – December 12, 1995) was an American politician and judge. He served as the United States representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1949 to 1963. From 1963 to 1965 he was a j ...

, ''Texas 1930'' - US Congressman, Texas *

J. Edward Hutchinson J. Edward Hutchinson (October 13, 1914 – July 22, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan's 4th congressional district in the United States House of R ...

, ''Michigan 1933'' - US Congressman, Michigan *

Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...

, ''Kansas State 1948'' - US Congressman; US Senator; Governor of Kansas *

Homer E. Capehart Homer Earl Capehart (June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, he became involved in the manufacture of record players and other produc ...

, ''Indiana 1959'' - US Senator, Indiana * James 'Jim' Kolbe, ''Northwestern 1961'' - US House Representative, Arizona *

Steve Scalise Stephen Joseph Scalise (; born October 6, 1965) is an American politician who is the United States House of Representatives Minority Whip and representative for . Scalise is in his eighth House term, having held his seat since 2008. The district ...

, ''LSU 1986'' - Current US Congressman, Louisiana * Jim Watson, ''Carleton University 1998'' - Member of Provincial Parliament (Minister), Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1997–2000) (2010–Present) Douglas “Dewey” Lachance, University of New Hampshire, 1984-1990, NH Legislator 1987-1991 and 1998-2000, Mayor of Rochester, NH 1997-2001

Sports

* Chester L. Brewer, ''Missouri 1911'' - past head football coach at both Missouri and Michigan State; past Athletic Director of Missouri; Homecoming originator *

John L. Griffith John Lorenzo Griffith (August 20, 1877 – December 7, 1944) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track and field, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the first commissioner of the Big Te ...

, ''Illinois 1921'' - past commissioner of what is now the Big Ten Conference * Edwin Weir, ''Nebraska 1925'' - Hall of Fame college football player *

Jack van Bebber Jack Francis "Blackjack" Vanbebber (July 27, 1907 – April 13, 1986) was an American wrestler and Olympic gold medalist at the 1932 Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling. Vanbebber was born and raised in Perry, Oklahoma. He att ...

, ''Oklahoma State 1931'' - Olympic wrestler *

Calvin Griffith Calvin Robertson Griffith (December 1, 1911 – October 20, 1999), born Calvin Griffith Robertson, was a Canadian-born American Major League Baseball team owner. As president, majority owner and ''de facto'' general manager (baseball), general m ...

, ''George Washington 1935'' - owner of Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins * Arthur L. Valpey, ''Michigan 1936'' - head football coach of Harvard and UConn * Thomas "Tommy" James, ''Ohio State 1942'' - professional football player, Cleveland Browns *

Dee Andros Demosthenes Konstandies Andrecopoulos (October 17, 1924 – October 22, 2003) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics He was the head coach at the University of Idaho from 1962 to 1964 and Oregon State University from ...

, ''Oklahoma 1948'' - head football coach and athletic director, Oregon State *

Gene Conley Donald Eugene Conley (November 10, 1930 – July 4, 2017) was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He played as a pitcher for four teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1952 to 1963. Conley also played as a forward in t ...

, ''Washington State 1949'' - professional baseball player and basketball player *

Roger Nelson Roger Nelson may refer to: *Roger Nelson (politician) (1759–1815), represented Maryland in the United States House of Representatives *Roger Nelson (skydiver) (1955–2003), founder of Skydive Chicago *Roger Nelson (Canadian football) (1932–199 ...

, ''Oklahoma 1951'' - Canadian Football Hall of Fame * Richard ‘Dick’ Farley, ''Indiana 1951'' - star IU basketball player for the 1953 National Championship team; NBA player * David 'Wes' Santee, ''Kansas 1952'' - Olympic runner *

Ron Fairly Ronald Ray Fairly (July 12, 1938 – October 30, 2019) was an American Major League Baseball player and broadcaster. Combining playing and broadcasting appearances, Fairly was involved in over 7,000 major league games from 1958 through 2006. Ea ...

, ''USC 1957'' - professional baseball player and broadcaster * Tony Crosby, ''Texas 1963'' - star kicker/halfback for UT's 1963 National Championship football team * Pat Jones, ''Oklahoma State'' - Head Football Coach at Oklahoma State; Assistant Coach of Miami Dolphins *

Gary Patterson Gary Allen Patterson (born February 13, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the special assistant to the head coach at the University of Texas. He is the former head football coach at Texas Christian University ...

, ''Kansas State 1980'' - current Head Football Coach at TCU

Business

* Lewis H Wentz, ''Oklahoma 1927'' - oil businessman * Dennis Chookaszian, ''Northwestern 1962'' - Chairman and CEO of CNA Insurance Companies; professor at

University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth or Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and is associated with 10 N ...

David A. Evans David A. Evans (January 11, 1941 – April 29, 2022) was an American chemist who was the Abbott and James Lawrence professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He was a prominent figure in the field of organic chemistry and his research focus ...

, ''Rensselaer 1979'' - inventor of high capacity tantalum capacitor; President of Evans Capacitor Company

Higher education

Roscoe Pound Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a membe ...

, ''Nebraska 1905, Harvard 1913'' - educator; Bushnell Hall at KSU dedicated in his name * Albert B Storms, ''Iowa State 1909'' - President of Iowa State University * Walter Williams, ''Missouri 1909'' - President of University of Missouri; founder of Missouri School of Journalism *

Raymond A. Pearson Raymond Allen Pearson (April 9, 1873 – February 13, 1939) was an American agricultural administrator and educator who served as the 7th president of Iowa State University from 1912 to 1926, the 20th president of University of Maryland, College ...

, ''Iowa State 1924'' - President of Iowa State University * Stratton D Brooks, ''Missouri 1925'' - President of University of Oklahoma (1912) and University of Missouri (1923) *

Claude R. Sowle Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequen ...

, ''Northwestern 1947'' - past President of Ohio University * L. Dennis Smith, ''Indiana 1956'' - President Emeritus, University of Nebraska * J Thomas Forbes, ''Indiana 1990'' - CEO, IU Alumni Association at Indiana University

Science

William F. Durand William Frederick Durand (March 5, 1859 – August 9, 1958) was a United States naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer. He contributed significantly to the development of aircraft propellers. He was the first civilian chair of the National ...

, ''Stanford 1904'' - NASA pioneer * Wallace E Pratt, ''Kansas 1907''- pioneer in the petroleum field *

Alexander Wetmore Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 – December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Early life and education The son of a Country Physician, Frank Al ...

, ''Kansas 1912'' - ornithologist *

Karl M. Dallenbach Karl M. Dallenbach (October 20, 1887 in Champaign, Illinois – December 23, 1971 in Austin, Texas) was an American experimental psychologist whose interests in psychology were heavily influenced by John Wallace Baird. He was a loyal student of E ...

, ''Cornell 1913'' - psychologist *

Harold E. Edgerton Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990), also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with ...

, ''Nebraska 1924'' - pioneer in the electronic flash, pertaining to photography *

Lloyd Berkner Lloyd Viel Berkner (February 1, 1905 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – June 4, 1967 in Washington, D.C.) was an American physicist and engineer. He was one of the inventors of the measuring device that since has become standard at ionospheric stations ...

, ''Minnesota 1926'' - physicist *

James E. Webb James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second Administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb led NA ...

, ''North Carolina 1927'' - high-ranking NASA official in the 1960s *

Jack Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1 ...

, ''Illinois 1942'' - Nobel Prize laureate in physics; inventor of the integrated circuit * Laurence H. Snyder, ''Oklahoma 1949'' - pioneer in genetics * George J. Marrett, ''Iowa State 1957'' - test pilot for USAF and Hughes Aircraft Company; author of four non-fiction books on aviation

Arts and entertainment

* Arthur H Carhart, ''Iowa State 1916'' - early conservationist and writer * Edward Everett Dale, ''Harvard 1917'' - historian, writer *

Jack Collom John Aldridge "Jack" Collom (November 8, 1931 – July 2, 2017) was an American poet, essayist, and creative writing pedagogue. Included among the twenty-five books he published during his lifetime were ''Red Car Goes By: Selected Poems 1955–200 ...

, ''Colorado A&M 1952'' - poet, writer, teacher *

Philip Bobbitt Philip Chase Bobbitt, (born July 22, 1948) is an American author, academic, and lawyer. He is best known for work on U.S. constitutional law and theory, and on the relationship between law, strategy and history in creating and sustaining the S ...

, ''Texas 1965'' - author and constitutional theorist * Scott Houston, ''Indiana 1980'' - public television personality; public speaker; known as "Piano Guy"
Mark Edward Smith
''Missouri '' - actor and vocalist; ''Avatar'' and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' *

Nic Pizzolatto Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto (born October 18, 1975) is an American writer, producer and director. He is best known for creating the HBO crime drama series ''True Detective''. Early life Pizzolatto was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is of Ita ...

, ''LSU'' - creator and writer of the TV series ''True Detective''

Miscellaneous or multiple

* Walter Elmer Ekblaw, ''Illinois 1907'' - originator of "Homecoming" *

Hiram Bingham III Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. He made public the existence of the Inca Empire, Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Late ...

, ''Yale 1915'' - explorer; discovered Machu Picchu; US Senator * H. L. 'Tom' Sebring, ''Kansas State 1920'' - judge for the Nuremberg Trials; head football coach at the University of Florida *

Clifton Hillegass Clifton K. Hillegass (18 April 1918 in Rising City, Nebraska – 5 May 2001 in Lincoln, Nebraska) was the creator and publisher of ''CliffsNotes''. ''CliffsNotes'' are study guides that assist college and high school students in their literature ...

, ''Nebraska 1938'' - creator of ''CliffsNotes'' * Frank S. Land, ''Missouri'' - founder of DeMolay'

References

External links

Acacia Fraternity official website: notable alumni
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acacia fraternity Lists of members of United States student societies

brothers A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...