The following list of Theta Xi members includes initiated and honorary notable members of

Theta Xi Theta Xi () is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on April 29, 1864. Of all the social fraternities today, Theta Xi was the only one founded during the Civil War. Its ...

. Members are listed by name and chapter.

Art and architecture

* Jim Davis (Kappa Kappa 159), creator of ''Garfield'' comic strip * Emil Praeger (Alpha 272), American architect and civil engineer.

Business

Marshall Goldsmith Marshall Goldsmith (born March 20, 1949) is an American executive leadership coach and author. Early life and education Goldsmith was born in Valley Station, Kentucky, and received a degree in mathematical economics from Rose-Hulman Institute o ...

(Kappa 721), American executive leadership coach and author * Charles Hayden (Delta 24), banker, businessman,

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and philanthropist *

Travis Kalanick Travis Cordell Kalanick (; born August 6, 1976) is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Uber. Previously he worked for Scour, a peer-to-peer file sharing application company, and was t ...

(Alpha Zeta 1223), Founder & ex-CEO of Uber *

Jack Lindquist Jack Lindquist (March 15, 1927 – February 28, 2016) was an American business executive who served as president of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California from 1990 until he retired in 1993. He was a Disney employee from 1955 until his r ...

(Alpha Nu 263), former president of

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(1990–1994)

Education

* Palmer C. Ricketts (Alpha 84), Ninth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *

William F. Sharpe William Forsyth Sharpe (born June 16, 1934) is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. ...

(Alpha Zeta 402), Awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics for his Capital Asset Pricing Model and emeritus professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business

Entertainment

* Jay Alders (Gamma Mu 11), Internationally acclaimed Visual Artist. Named "Best Surf Artist of the Decade" by Brazil's Alma Surf Magazine *

Richard Boone Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns, including his starring role in the television series '' Have Gun – Will Travel''. Early li ...

(Tau), Emmy winning actor, (former, blackballed) *

Bruce Davison Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. Davison is well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film '' Willard'' (1971) and his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning perfor ...

, Golden Globe-winning actor * Bill Doleman (Alpha Epsilon), Studio Analyst for Root Sport Southwest *

Buddy De Sylva George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and, along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs, he co-founded Capitol Recor ...

(Alpha Nu 78), Oscar-nominated composer, producer, and executive *

Henderson Forsythe Henderson Forsythe (September 11, 1917 – April 17, 2006) was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart #2 on the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', a role he played for 32 years, and for his work on the New York sta ...

, Tony award-winning actor and one of the actors who has played Colonel Sanders for KFC * Ferde Grofé (Alpha Nu 340), Noted Composer *

Charles Lederer Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, ...

, film screenwriter, Tony award double winner, producer *

Dudley Nichols Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept ...

, Oscar-winning screenwriter *

Patrick Simmons Patrick Simmons (born October 19, 1948) is an American musician best known as a founding member of the rock band The Doobie Brothers. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the only consistent member of the band throughout their tenure. Simm ...

(Beta Beta 272) Musician, author and founding member of

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* James Brousseau, (Alpha Alpha 1777) Grammy - Man in the Mirror

Government and politics

* Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. (Beta Zeta 409, Auburn University) - 17th

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of the

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Eric O'Neill Eric Michael O'Neill (born March 3, 1973) is an American former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative. He worked as an Investigative Specialist with the Special Surveillance Group (SSG) and played a major role in the arrest, co ...

(Beta Zeta 707, Auburn University) - a former American

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operative. He worked as an Investigative Specialist, of the Special Surveillance Group (SSG), and played a pivotal role in the arrest and life imprisonment conviction of his fellow agent,

Robert Hanssen Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) double agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. His espionage was described ...

, for spying on behalf of the

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and Russia. Subject of the movie Breach

Literature and journalism

Bill Dedman Bill Dedman (born 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, an investigative reporter for '' Newsday'', and co-author of the biography of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, '' Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark ...

(Iota 1089), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author * John S. McCain, Jr. (Kappa Lambda 82 - Alumni Initiate - Old Dominion University) Admiral USN (Ret.) * Richard Reeves (Gamma 722), Author and syndicated columnist

Military

* Major William H. Wiley (Alpha 11, 1st President of the Grand Lodge), major in the Union Army during the Civil War and

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from

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Politics

* Alva B. Adams (Beta 209,

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

) - U.S. Senator from Colorado 1923-1924, 1933-1941 * Frank Church (Tau Chapter), Stanford University - United States Senator from Idaho 1957-1981 *

Jim Donelon Jim Donelon is an American politician. He is the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, a role he has served in since 2006. He previously served as member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001. Early life and education Donelon ...

(Beta Xi 27,

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) - Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Former State Representative * Mayson Foster (Beta Pi 42,

Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it becam ...

) – Mayor of Hammond, Louisiana * Claude Harris, Jr. (Alpha Lambda 421) (

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) - US Congress Representative from Alabama (1987–1993); Circuit Judge, 1977–1985 * Donald H. Magnuson (Upsilon Chapter) - U.S. Congressman from Washington

Philanthropy

* Ray Klinginsmith (Beta Iota 1), World President of Rotary International 2010-2011 * David Hirsch (Alpha Beta 1078), Founder 21st Century Dads Foundation 2015–Present

Science and technology

* Phil Agcaoili (Alpha 1387), Technologist, Cybersecurity Pioneer, and Entrepreneur. * Edwin Howard Armstrong (Epsilon 70), inventor and the ''Father of FM Radio'' *

Allen B. DuMont Allen Balcom DuMont, also spelled Du Mont, (January 29, 1901 – November 14, 1965) was an American electronics engineer, scientist and invention, inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receive ...

(Alpha 349), American scientist and inventor * James Hall (Alpha 38) Geologist and Paleontologist * Raymie Stata (Delta Chapter - MIT) Inventor * James S. Voss (Beta Zeta 312), Astronaut; He is a veteran of five space missions and lived on the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...

for five and a half months. *

Frederick Winslow Taylor Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up ...

(Gamma 53), ''Father of Scientific Management''

Sports

* Al Brosky (Alpha Beta 563), Illinois safety and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. * Ray Clay (Gamma Kappa 35), ex-Chicago Bulls Announcer. * Lee Eilbracht (Alpha Beta 463), lead Illinois to four Big Ten baseball titles, and had a brief stint with the Chicago Cubs before becoming a scout for the

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. * Ryan Mathews (Kappa Sigma 1141), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver for Bill Davis Racing. *

Tom Penders Thomas Vincent Penders (born May 23, 1945) is an American retired college basketball coach, who last coached from 2004 through 2010 at the University of Houston. He is from Stratford, Connecticut and has a 649–437 career record. As a college at ...

(Alpha Pi 573), Head men's basketball coach at the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the university in Texas with over 47,000 students. Its campus, which is primarily in s ...

. * Frank Quilici (Beta Theta 54), former manager of the Minnesota Twins. *

Bob Schaefer Robert Walden Schaefer (born May 22, 1944) is an American baseball executive. He is currently the special assistant to the general manager with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB), and is a former interim manager, bench coach ...

(Alpha Pi 570), former manager of the Kansas City Royals. *

Jerry Tagge Jerry Lee Tagge (born April 12, 1950) is a former American football player. He played college football as quarterback at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he led the Nebraska Cornhuskers to consecutive national championships in 1970 an ...

(Alpha Epsilon 916), National Championship American football quarterback for the 1970 and 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Green Bay Packers. * Steve Wright (Alpha Lambda 430), played on University of Alabama Sugar Bowl team, Green Bay fifth-round pick in 1964.

References

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