{"id":47,"date":"2012-11-09T18:21:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T18:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/beta\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:58:46","slug":"distinguished-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/beta\/about\/distinguished-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Government<\/h2>\n<h3>Members in Congress<\/h3>\n<p>Senator C. William Nelson II, Yale &#8217;65 \/\/ Florida<br \/>\nSenator Richard G. Lugar, Denison &#8217;54 \/\/ Indiana<br \/>\nSenator John W. Warner, Washington &amp; Lee &#8217;50 \/\/ Virginia<br \/>\nRepresentative John M. Spratt Jr., Davidson &#8217;64 \/\/ S. Carolina<br \/>\nRepresentative Zachary T. Space, Kenyon &#8217;83 \/\/ Ohio<\/p>\n<h3>Former United States Congressmen<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Donald L. Nickles, Oklahoma State &#8217;71 \/\/ Oklahoma<br \/>\nSenator Mark O. Hatfield, Willamette &#8217;43 \/\/ Oregon<br \/>\nRepresentative Thomas H. Boggs Sr., Tulane &#8217;35 (dec.) \/\/ Louisiana<br \/>\nRepresentative Richard A. Gephardt, Northwestern &#8217;62 \/\/ Missouri<br \/>\nRepresentative Craig T. James, Florida &#8217;63 \/\/ Florida<br \/>\nRepresentative Robert (Bob) Franks, DePauw &#8217;73 \/\/ New Jersey<br \/>\nRepresentative Steven Gunderson, Wisconsin &#8217;73 \/\/ Wisconsin<br \/>\nRepresentative Frank Neville Ikard, Texas &#8217;32 \/\/ Texas<br \/>\nRepresentative Thomas G. Loeffler, Texas &#8217;71 \/\/ Texas<br \/>\nRepresentative James G. Martin, Davidson &#8217;57 \/\/ North Carolina<br \/>\nRepresentative Richard D. Nichols, Kansas State &#8217;51 \/\/ Kansas<br \/>\nRepresentative John J. Rhodes, Kansas State &#8217;38 (dec.) \/\/ Arizona<br \/>\nRepresentative Charles G. Rose III, Davidson &#8217;61 \/\/ N. Carolina<br \/>\nRepresentative Daniel Schaefer, South Dakota &#8217;58 \/\/ Colorado<br \/>\nRepresentative Philip R. Sharp, DePauw &#8217;64 \/\/ Indiana<br \/>\nRepresentative Dennis A. Smith, Willamette &#8217;60 \/\/ Oregon<br \/>\nRepresentative Mike Synar, Oklahoma &#8217;74 (dec.) \/\/ Oklahoma<br \/>\nRepresentative Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi &#8217;33 (dec.) \/\/ Mississippi<\/p>\n<h3>Former United States Governors<\/h3>\n<p>Anthony S. Earl, Michigan State &#8217;58 \/\/ Wisconsin<br \/>\nJohn Brown Gordon, Georgia 1854 \/\/ Georgia<br \/>\nA. Linwood Holton, Washington &amp; Lee &#8217;45 \/\/ Virginia<br \/>\nBrereton C. Jones, Virginia &#8217;61 \/\/ Kentucky<br \/>\nRaymond E. Mabus, Mississippi &#8217;69 \/\/ Mississippi<br \/>\nArch A. Moore, West Virginia &#8217;51 \/\/ West Virginia<br \/>\nJames G. Martin, Davidson &#8217;57 \/\/ North Carolina<\/p>\n<h3>Former High-ranking U.S. Officials<\/h3>\n<p>William J. Perry, Carnegie Mellon &#8217;49 \/\/ Secretary of Defense<\/p>\n<h3>Former Supreme Court Justices<\/h3>\n<p>William O. Douglas, Whitman 1920 (dec.) \/\/ 1939-1975<br \/>\nJohn M. Harlan, Centre 1850 (dec.) \/\/ 1877-1911<br \/>\nJoseph R. Lamar, Bethany 1877 &amp; Washington and Lee 1878 (dec.) \/\/ 1911-1916<br \/>\nHorace H. Lurton, Cumberland 1867 (dec.) \/\/ 1910-1914<br \/>\nWillis Van Devanter, DePauw 1881 (dec.) \/\/ 1911-1937<br \/>\nWilliam B. Woods, Western Reserve 1841 (dec.) \/\/ 1881-1887<\/p>\n<h3>Federal Judges<\/h3>\n<p>Ralph G. Thompson, Oklahoma &#8217;56 \/\/ Oklahoma<br \/>\nCharles H. Haden II, West Virginia &#8217;58 (dec.) \/\/ West Virginia<br \/>\nStephen N. Limbaugh Sr., Missouri &#8217;51 \/\/ Missouri<br \/>\nDickran M. Tevrizian Jr., USC &#8217;62 \/\/ California<\/p>\n<h3>Canadian Officials<\/h3>\n<p>John Russell Schram, Western Ontario &#8217;62\/Toronto &#8217;65 \/\/ Amb., Sierra Leone High Commissioner, Ghana<br \/>\nJohn N.W. Turner, British Columbia &#8217;49 \/\/ Former Prime Minister<br \/>\nFormer Canadian Provincial Premiers<br \/>\nDavid Peterson, Western Ontario &#8217;64 \/\/ Ontario<br \/>\nMichael F. Harcourt, British Columbia &#8217;64 \/\/ British Columbia<\/p>\n<h3>United States Ambassadors<\/h3>\n<p>David C. Mulford, Lawrence &#8217;59 \/\/ India<br \/>\nEric M. Javits, Columbia &#8217;52 \/\/ Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons<\/p>\n<h3>Former United States Ambassadors<\/h3>\n<p>John S. Cooper, Centre &#8217;22\/Yale &#8217;23 (dec.) \/\/ India, Nepal, East Germany<br \/>\nRobert H. Phinny, North Carolina &#8217;45 \/\/ Swaziland<br \/>\nGlen A. Holden, Oregon &#8217;51 \/\/ Jamaica<br \/>\nRobert G. Rich, Florida &#8217;52 \/\/ Belize<br \/>\nJohn E. Dolibois, Miami &#8217;42 \/\/ Luxembourg<br \/>\nJoseph S. Farland, West Virginia &#8217;38 \/\/ Iran and Pakistan<\/p>\n<h2>College\/University Officials<\/h2>\n<h3>College Presidents<\/h3>\n<p>William L. Fox, St. Lawrence &#8217;75 \/\/ St. Lawrence<br \/>\nSteven B. Sample, Illinois &#8217;62 \/\/ Southern California<\/p>\n<h3>Former College Presidents<\/h3>\n<p>Peter H. Armacost, Denison &#8217;57 \/\/ Echerd College<br \/>\nPaul E. Bragdon, Amherst &#8217;50 \/\/ Reed College<br \/>\nNicholas L. Henry, Centre &#8217;65 \/\/ Georgia Southern<br \/>\nWilliam H. Capitan, Michigan &#8217;54 \/\/ Georgia Southwestern<br \/>\nJohn P. Crecine, Carnegie Mellon &#8217;61 \/\/ Georgia Tech<br \/>\nWilliam H. Danforth, Westminster &#8217;48 \/\/ Washington<br \/>\nJames J. Duderstadt, Yale &#8217;64 \/\/ Michigan<br \/>\nRobin Hugh Farquhar, British Columbia &#8217;60 \/\/ Carleton<br \/>\nNicholas L. Henry, Centre &#8217;65 \/\/ Georgia Southern<br \/>\nFrank N. Ikard, Texas &#8217;34 (dec.) \/\/ Texas<br \/>\nAllen K. Jackson, Denver &#8217;54 \/\/ Huntington College<br \/>\nWilliam G. Caples, Kenyon &#8217;30 (dec.) \/\/\/ Kenyon<br \/>\nDeane W. Malott, Kansas &#8217;21 (dec.) \/\/ Cornell<br \/>\nDavid T. McLaughlin, Dartmouth &#8217;54 (dec.) \/\/ Dartmouth College<br \/>\nDavid G. Marshall, Western Ontario &#8217;71 \/\/ Nipissing University<br \/>\nFranklin D. Murphy, Kansas &#8217;36 (dec.) \/\/ Kansas\/UCLA<br \/>\nFredric W. Ness, Dickinson &#8217;33 (dec.) \/\/ Fresno State<br \/>\nEdgar F. Shannon Jr., Washington &amp; Lee &#8217;39 (dec.) \/\/ Virginia<br \/>\nJoel P. Smith, Beloit &#8217;55 \/\/ Denison<br \/>\nSamuel Weese, West Virginia &#8217;57 \/\/ American College<br \/>\nThomas B. Courtice, Ohio Wesleyan \/\/ Ohio Wesleyan<br \/>\nJohn W. Moore, Rutgers &#8217;61 \/\/ Indiana State<\/p>\n<h2>Arts\/Entertainment<\/h2>\n<p>William Anderson, Whitman &#8217;51 \/\/ (Adam West) Actor \u2014 Batman<br \/>\nJames Arness, Beloit &#8217;46 \/\/ Actor \u2014 Gunsmoke<br \/>\nJames E. Brunzell, Minnesota &#8217;71 \/\/ Professional writer; Killerbees<br \/>\nJohn W. Considine III, UCLA &#8217;57 \/\/ Actor \u2014 The Young and the Restless, Another World<br \/>\nJames M. DeBlasis, Carnegie Mellon &#8217;59 \/\/ General Director, Cincinnati Opera<br \/>\nArthur A. Hall, Virginia Tech &#8217;90 \/\/ Sports Artist\/Illustrator<br \/>\nH. Richard Hornberger Jr., Bowdoin &#8217;45 (dec.) \/\/ Author \u2014 M*A*S*H<br \/>\nKermit H. Hunter, Ohio &#8217;31 (dec.) \/\/ Author, Encyclopedia Britannica<br \/>\nKen E. Kesey, Oregon &#8217;57 (dec.) \/\/ Author \u2014 One Flew Over The Cukoo Nest<br \/>\nWilliam (Billy) Moses, Wesleyan &#8217;82 \/\/ Actor \u2014 Melrose Place<br \/>\nGeorge W. Peppard Jr., Purdue &#8217;52 (dec.) \/\/ Actor \u2014 A&amp;E&#8217;s Detective Hour &amp; The A Team<br \/>\nRobert B. Perham, St. Lawrence &#8217;52 (dec.) \/\/ (Jeremy Slate) Actor \u2014 The Lawnmower Man<br \/>\nStephen J. Sondheim, Williams &#8217;50 \/\/ Composer, Broadway Hit West Side Story<br \/>\nRich Taylor, Oklahoma &#8217;71 \/\/ VP, Walt Disney Entertainment-Walt Disney World<br \/>\nRichard K. Wilson, Washington &#8217;78 \/\/ (Richard Karn) Actor \u2014 Home Improvement<br \/>\nBrian White, Dartmouth &#8217;95 \/\/ Actor \u2014 Stomp the Yard, The Game Plan, Mr. 3000<br \/>\nNed Brower, Southern Methodist &#8217;98 \/\/ Drummer \u2014 Rooney<br \/>\nShaw Wilson, Kansas &#8217;82 \/\/ Drummer, Back-up Vocalist \u2014 BR549<br \/>\nRivers Rutherford, Mississippi &#8217;89 \/\/ Songwriter-Singer<br \/>\nRobb Weller, Washington &#8217;72 \/\/ Television Personality \u2014 Entertainment Tonight; Win, Lose or Draw<br \/>\nJay Chandrasekhar, Colgate &#8217;90 \/\/ Director \u2014 Beerfest, The Dukes of Hazzard, Club Dread, Super Troopers<br \/>\nPat Green, Texas Tech &#8217;95 \/\/ Country Music Artist<\/p>\n<h2>Other Prominent Betas (may include past career titles)<\/h2>\n<p>Joe M. Allbaugh, Oklahoma State &#8217;74 \/\/ Director\/F.E.M.A.<br \/>\nJoseph P. Allen IV, DePauw &#8217;59 \/\/ Astronaut\/Space Flight Executive<br \/>\nRobert Ave, DePauw &#8217;54 \/\/ President, Lorillard<br \/>\nJohn Bakewell, Jr., Cal-Berkeley 1893 (dec.) \/\/ Architects<br \/>\nThomas A. Bartlett, Williamette &#8217;51 \/\/ Rhodes Scholar\/Chancellor, Univ. of Alabama System<br \/>\nJames K. Batten, Davidson &#8217;57 (dec.) \/\/ President, Knight Ridder Newspapers<br \/>\nGeorge F. Baughman, Florida &#8217;37 (dec.) \/\/ President, The College Foundation<br \/>\nStephen D. Bechtel Sr., Calif. &#8217;23 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Bechtel Group<br \/>\nEugene N. Beesley, Wabash &#8217;29 (dec.) \/\/ Former Chairman of the Board, Eli Lilly &amp; Co.<br \/>\nThomas M. Begel, Missouri &#8217;64 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Pullman-Peabody Co.<br \/>\nCharles E. Bennison Jr., Lawrence &#8217;65 (dec.) \/\/ Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nJames D. Berry, Oklahoma &#8217;44 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman, Republic Bank Corp.<br \/>\nRobert M. Best, Ohio Wesleyan &#8217;44 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Security Mutual Life<br \/>\nWilliam J. Bowerman, Oregon &#8217;33 (dec.) \/\/ Founder, Nike<br \/>\nThom Brennaman, Ohio &#8217;86 \/\/ Sports Broadcaster<br \/>\nArthur M. Brown Jr., Cal-Berkeley 1896 (dec.) \/\/ Architects<br \/>\nFred E. Brown, Oklahoma &#8217;34 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, J &amp; W Seligman &amp; Co.<br \/>\nKenneth D. Cameron, MIT &#8217;71 \/\/ Space Shuttle Flight Commander<br \/>\nWalter P. Chrysler, Dartmouth &#8217;33 (dec.) \/\/ Philanthropist<br \/>\nJames A. Collins, UCLA &#8217;49 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Collins Food Intl.<br \/>\nWilliam E. Cornelius, Missouri &#8217;53 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, Union Electric Co.<br \/>\nDouglas. S. Cramer, Cincinnati &#8217;53 \/\/ Executive Producer, A. Spelling Productions<br \/>\nLouis P. Dehner, Wash.-St. Louis &#8217;62 \/\/ Dir. of Anatomic Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital<br \/>\nPat Dix, Cornell &#8217;65 \/\/ President, Dix Corporation<br \/>\nDavid A. Duffield, Cornell &#8217;62 \/\/ President, CEO, Founder PeopleSoft, Inc.<br \/>\nRichard J. Durrell, Minnesota &#8217;50 \/\/ Former Publisher, People Magazine<br \/>\nC. Christopher Epting, Florida &#8217;69 \/\/ Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Iowa<br \/>\nCharles H. Erhart, Yale &#8217;49 \/\/ Chairman, W.R. Grace Corporation<br \/>\nWilliam T. Esrey, Denison &#8217;61 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, United Telecom\/CEO Sprint Corp.<br \/>\nGene L. (Red) Estes, Oregon &#8217;59 \/\/ Head Track &amp; Field Coach, Fresno State<br \/>\nWilliam W. Falsgraf, Amherst &#8217;55 \/\/ President, American Bar Association<br \/>\nWilliam H. Fetridge, N&#8217;western &#8217;30 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman, Dartnell Corporation<br \/>\nEnfield (Flicky) Ford, Vanderbilt &#8217;50 (dec.) \/\/ Former Illustrator, TIME<br \/>\nChet Forte, Columbia &#8217;57 (dec.) \/\/ Former TV Director &#8211; ABC Monday Night Football<br \/>\nSteve Fox, Dartmouth &#8217;70 \/\/ ABC News Reporter\/Special Correspondent<br \/>\nGerald W. Fronterhouse, Oklahoma &#8217;58 \/\/ President, Republic Bank Corporation<br \/>\nJohn V. (Jack) Geraghty, Washington &#8217;56 \/\/ Major, City of Spokane, Washington<br \/>\nThomas P. Gerrity, MIT &#8217;63 \/\/ Former Dean, Wharton School of Business<br \/>\nJames A. Greer Jr., DePauw &#8217;65 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, CareNet Systems<br \/>\nHarry R. (Bob) Haldeman, UCLA &#8217;48 (dec.) \/\/ Former President Nixon&#8217;s Chief of Staff<br \/>\nRobert Hall Haynes, Western Ontario &#8217;53 (dec.) \/\/ President, Royal Society of Canada<br \/>\nGavin Herbert Jr. Southern California &#8217;55 \/\/ Founder &amp; CEO Allergan Pharmacueticals<br \/>\nWeldon B. (Hoot) Gibson, Wash. St. &#8217;38 (dec.) \/\/ Senior Director, Stanford Research Institute<br \/>\nStephen Goldsmith, Wabash &#8217;68 \/\/ Mayor, Indianapolis<br \/>\nJeffrey L. Grayson, Oregon &#8217;64 \/\/ Investment Banker<br \/>\nW. Grant Gregory, Nebraska &#8217;63 \/\/ Chairman, Touche Ross &amp; Co.<br \/>\nRichard E. Heckert, Miami &#8217;45 \/\/ Chairman, E.I. Dupont DE Nemours &amp; Co.<br \/>\nHarold S. Hook, Missouri &#8217;53 \/\/ Chairman, American General Corp.<br \/>\nLarry D. Horner, Kansas &#8217;56 \/\/ Board of Directors United Way of America<br \/>\nCharles (Chuck) Howard, Duke &#8217;55 (dec.) \/\/ ABC Broadcaster<br \/>\nW. Herbert Hunt, Washington &amp; Lee &#8217;51 \/\/ President, Hunt Energy<br \/>\nJoel Hyatt, Dartmouth &#8217;72 \/\/ Founder, Hyatt Legal Services<br \/>\nEdgar F. Kaiser, Stanford &#8217;65 \/\/ Chairman, Bank of British Columbia<br \/>\nCharles A. Keeler, Cal-Berkeley 1893 (dec.) \/\/ Director, California Academy of Sciences<br \/>\nTed D. Kellner, Wisconsin &#8217;69 \/\/ Investments\/philanthropy<br \/>\nFrancis B. Kemp, Davidson &#8217;63 (dec.) \/\/ President, NCNB Corp.<br \/>\nR. Crosby Kemper, Missouri &#8217;50 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Utd. Missouri Bancshares<br \/>\nParker S. Kennedy, Southern California&#8217;70 \/\/ CEO American Corp.<br \/>\nJ. Robert Killpack, Miami &#8217;46 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, National City Corp.<br \/>\nCharles D. Koch, MIT &#8217;57 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Koch Industries<br \/>\nWilliam Koch, MIT &#8217;62 \/\/ Skipper and Champion America&#8217;s Cup<br \/>\nCarl A. Kroch, Cornell &#8217;35 \/\/ Former Owner, Kroch&#8217;s &amp; Brentano&#8217;s Bookstore<br \/>\nRobert F. Lehman, Indiana &#8217;65 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, Fetzer Institute<br \/>\nJ. Hugh Liedtke, Amherst &#8217;42 (dec.) \/\/ Former CEO\/Board Member, Pennzoil Oil Co.<br \/>\nHoward M. Love, Colgate &#8217;52 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, National Steel Corp<br \/>\nRobert H. Malott, Kansas &#8217;48 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, FMC Corp.<br \/>\nGeoffrey S. Mason, Duke &#8217;63 \/\/ Executive Producer, ESPN<br \/>\nHugh L. McColl Jr., North Carolina &#8217;57 \/\/ CEO, Bank of America<br \/>\nCharles S. Mechem Jr., Miami &#8217;52 \/\/ Chairman, Taft Broadcasting\/Commissioner L.P.G.A.<br \/>\nStephen R. Miller, USC &#8217;66 \/\/ President, Dean Witter Reynolds<br \/>\nEdward P. Morgan, Whitman &#8217;32 (dec.) \/\/ News Commentator<br \/>\nCruse W. Moss, Ohio &#8217;48 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, General Automotive Corp.<br \/>\nBlake W. Nordstrom, Washington &#8217;82 \/\/ President, Nordstroms, Inc.<br \/>\nBruce A. Nordstrom, Washington &#8217;55 \/\/ CEO, Nordstroms, Inc.<br \/>\nErik B. Nordstrom, Washington &#8217;85 \/\/ Co-Chairman, Nordstroms, Inc.<br \/>\nJohn N. Nordstrom, Washington &#8217;58 \/\/ Co-Chairman, Nordstroms, Inc.<br \/>\nPeter E. Nordstrom, Washington &#8217;84 \/\/ Co-Chairman, Nordstroms, Inc.<br \/>\nRaymond F. O&#8217;Brien, Missouri &#8217;48 \/\/ Chairman, Consolidated Freightways<br \/>\nTerrence O&#8217;Flaherty, California &#8217;39 \/\/ TV Critic, San Francisco Chronicle (ret.)<br \/>\nJohn Opel, Westminster &#8216;\/\/ Former President, IBM<br \/>\nRussell E. Palmer, Michigan State &#8217;56 \/\/ Dean, Wharton School of Business<br \/>\nWilliam Pennington, Cal\/Berkeley &#8217;45 \/\/ Co-founder, Circus Circus<br \/>\nDonald E. Petersen, Washington &#8217;46 \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Ford Motor Co. (ret.)<br \/>\nLoring P. Rixford, Cal-Berkeley 1894 (dec.) \/\/ Architects<br \/>\nGeorge A. Roberts, Carnegie Mellon &#8217;39 \/\/ Chairman, Teledyne Corporation (ret.)<br \/>\nJames Rootes, Clemson &#8217;88 \/\/ GM, Columbus Crew Major League Soccer<br \/>\nEd Roski Jr., USC &#8217;68 \/\/ Owner, Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team\/Realtor<br \/>\nJames E. Sellers, Miami &#8217;86 \/\/ President, Wentworth Military Academy<br \/>\nTheodore J. Semrod, Oklahoma &#8217;63 \/\/ Chairman, United Jersey Bank<br \/>\nCharles E. Schroeder, Dartmouth &#8217;57 \/\/ Chairman, Blvd. Bank National Association<br \/>\nFrank A. Shrontz, Idaho &#8217;53 \/\/ Chairman\/Emeritus and CEO, The Boeing Corp.<br \/>\nLee H. Scott, Florida &#8217;49 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, Florida Power<br \/>\nTom W. Scott Jr., Texas &#8217;62 \/\/ Chairman, Alabama Hospital Assn.<br \/>\nCol. Richard (Misty) Shoop, Denison &#8217;41 (dec.) \/\/ Composer, alumni volunteer, former Gen. Sec.<br \/>\nDavid A. Smith, Tennessee Tech &#8217;93 \/\/ Educator<br \/>\nRobert M. Snow, Case &#8217;59 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, Infodex, Inc.<br \/>\nWarren Staley, Kansas State &#8217;65 \/\/ CEO, Cargill, Inc.<br \/>\nCol. Charles R. Stribling III, Missouri &#8217;49 \/\/ President, Missouri Military Academy (ret.)<br \/>\nHarold W. Sweatt, Minnesota 1913 (dec.) \/\/ Founder, Honeywell<br \/>\nRichard L. Thomas, Kenyon &#8217;53 \/\/ President, First National Bank of Chicago<br \/>\nG. Kennedy Thompson, North Carolina &#8217;73 \/\/ President, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Wachovia Corp.<br \/>\nRichard G. Tilghman, Virginia &#8217;63 \/\/ President &amp; CEO, Crestar Bank<br \/>\nG. Robert Truex, Rutgers &#8217;49 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, Rainier National Bank<br \/>\nSam Walton, Missouri &#8217;40 (dec.) \/\/ Founder, Wal-Mart<br \/>\nPaul J. Weitz, Penn State &#8217;54 \/\/ Former astronaut\/Space Center Director<br \/>\nRobert M. Weller, Washington &#8217;72 \/\/ Host \u2014 Entertainment Tonight<br \/>\nAlfred P. West, Georgia Tech &#8217;64 \/\/ Chairman and CEO, SEI Investments<br \/>\nEdward Whittemore, Columbia &#8217;45 (dec.) \/\/ Chairman &amp; CEO, American Brands<br \/>\nThornton A. Wilson Jr., Iowa State &#8217;42 (dec.) \/\/ Emeritus, The Boeing Co.<br \/>\nAlden P. Yates, Stanford &#8217;50 (dec.) \/\/ President Bechtel Group<br \/>\nPhil Yeckel, Missouri &#8217;32 (dec.) \/\/ Owner, Hidden Valley Ranch<br \/>\nChristopher Dewolfe, Washington &#8217;88 \/\/ CEO and Co-Founder, MySpace.com<\/p>\n<h2>Sports<\/h2>\n<h3>Olympic Medal Winners<\/h3>\n<p>Joe Bottom, USC &#8216;\/\/ 100 butterfly (1976 silver)<br \/>\nHarold Herman Brix, Washington &#8217;28 (dec.) \/\/ shot put (1928 silver)<br \/>\nPeter Cipollone, UC-Berkeley &#8217;93 \/\/ rowing (2004 gold)<br \/>\nBob Clotworthy, Ohio State &#8217;54 \/\/ springboard diving (1956 gold, 1952 bronze)<br \/>\nDon Cohan, Amherst &#8217;51 \/\/ yachting (1972 bronze)<br \/>\nLeroy B. Cochran, Indiana &#8217;41 (dec.) \/\/ 440 hurdles (1948 gold), mile relay (1948 gold)<br \/>\nMel Counts, Oregon State &#8217;64 \/\/ basketball (1964 gold)<br \/>\nCharlie Doe, Stanford &#8217;20 (dec.) \/\/ rugby (1924 and 1920 gold)<br \/>\nEddie P. F. Eagan, Denver\/Yale &#8217;20 (dec.) \/\/ boxing 178-lb. (1920 gold) and bobsleeding (1932 gold)<br \/>\nJohn Ferris, Stanford &#8217;71 \/\/ 200 M (1968 bronze), 200 butterfly (1968 bronze)<br \/>\nJeff Float, USC &#8217;83 \/\/ 4&#215;200 freestyle relay (1984 gold)<br \/>\nBruce Furniss, USC &#8217;79 \/\/ 200 freestyle (1976 gold), 4&#215;200 freestyle relay (1976 gold)<br \/>\nSteve Furniss, USC &#8217;75 \/ 200 IM (1972 bronze)<br \/>\nDan Greenbaum, USC &#8217;92 \/\/ volleyball (1992 bronze)<br \/>\nV. Arthur Griffin, Oklahoma State (A&amp;M) &#8217;24 \/\/ wrestling coach (gold 1948)<br \/>\nEd Hamm, Georgia Tech &#8217;29 (dec.) \/\/ long jump (1928 gold)<br \/>\nGeorge Harrison, Stanford &#8217;61 \/\/ 4&#215;200 freestyle relay (1960 gold)<br \/>\nAlan Helffrich, Penn State &#8217;25 (dec.) \/\/ mile relay (1924 gold)<br \/>\nBrian Job, Stanford &#8217;73 \/\/ 200 breaststroke (1968 bronze)<br \/>\nGeorge H. Kojac, Rutgers &#8217;31 (dec.) \/\/ 100 backstroke (1928 gold), 4 x 200 free relay (1928 gold)<br \/>\nJerry Lucas, Ohio State &#8217;62 \/\/ basketball (1960 gold)<br \/>\nCharles McGinnis, Wisconsin &#8217;27 (dec.) \/\/ pole vault (1928 bronze)<br \/>\nJohn L. Miller, Yale &#8217;24 (dec.) \/\/ rowing (1924 gold-eight oars)<br \/>\nLowell O. North, Cal-Berkeley &#8217;71 \/\/ yachting \u201c470\u201d (1968 gold, 1964 bronze)<br \/>\nJohn Parker, Stanford &#8217;70 \/\/ water polo (1972 bronze)<br \/>\nBob Pearce, Oklahoma State &#8217;31 (dec.) \/\/ wrestling 125-lb. (1932 gold)<br \/>\nPat Powers, USC &#8217;80 \/\/ volleyball (1984 gold)<br \/>\nEd Rimkus, St. Lawrence &#8217;37 (dec.) \/\/ bobsledding (1948 gold)<br \/>\nMurray I. Rose, USC &#8217;61 \/\/ 400 freestyle (1956 gold), 1500 free (1956 gold, 1960 silver), 4&#215;200 free relay (1956 gold, 1960 bronze)<br \/>\nRichard Roth, Stanford &#8217;69 \/\/ 400 IM (1964 gold)<br \/>\nHarlow Rothert, Stanford &#8217;30 (dec.) \/\/ shot put (1932 silver)<br \/>\nJohn Shadden, USC &#8217;87 \/\/ yachting (1988 bronze)<br \/>\nGary Sheerer, Stanford &#8217;68 \/\/ water polo (1972 bronze)<br \/>\nKevin Still, UCLA &#8217;82 \/\/ rowing-coxed pairs (1984 bronze)<br \/>\nWilliam G. Thompson, California-Berkeley &#8217;29 (dec.) \/\/ rowing-eight oars (1928 gold)<\/p>\n<h3>Professional Baseball<\/h3>\n<p>Eddie Collins, Columbia 1907 (dec.) \/\/ Hall of Fame\/career .333 hitter<br \/>\nEthan Allen, Cincinnati &#8217;26 (dec.) \/\/ Career .300 hitter<br \/>\nLeland (Larry) MacPhail, Beloit 1910 (dec.) \/\/ Brooklyn Dodgers Owner\/GM; Hall of Fame\/Introduced night games<br \/>\nBill Veeck, Kenyon &#8217;36 (dec.) \/\/ (Called baseball&#8217;s great innovator) Hall of Fame\/Owner of several franchises<br \/>\nWilliam H. Stoneman, Idaho &#8217;66 \/\/ former VP Operations, Montreal Expos\/Pitched first two no-hitters for Expos<br \/>\nMichael J. Schmidt, Ohio &#8217;71 \/\/ Hall of Fame\/548 home runs<\/p>\n<h3>Professional Basketball<\/h3>\n<p>John Bunn, Kansas 1920 (dec.) \/\/ Hall of Fame, basketball inventor, American Ambassador of Basketball<br \/>\nMel Counts, Oregon State &#8217;64 \/\/ Hall of Fame<br \/>\nEdgar Diddle, Centre 1919 (dec.) \/\/ Hall of Fame; Coach, Western Kentucky; first college coach to coach 1,000 games)<br \/>\nGail Goodrich, UCLA &#8217;65 \/\/ Los Angeles Lakers<br \/>\nRichard Harter, North Carolina &#8217;52 \/\/ Coach, Charlotte Hornets; Current assistant, Philadelphia 76ers<br \/>\nJerry Lucas, Ohio State &#8217;62 \/\/ Former Basketball Star<br \/>\nDavid R. Peterson, Western Ontario &#8217;64 \/\/ Chairman, Toronto Raptors, NBA<br \/>\nJerry Sichting, Purdue &#8217;79 \/\/ Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves<br \/>\nJohn R. 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