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Distinguished Delts

Will Ferrell
Star of Saturday Night Live

John Denver
Song Writer

Drew Carey
Drew Carey Show
Matthew McConaughey
Actor
Roger Mudd
TV Newscaster
David Schwimmer
Actor
Greg Jennings
Restless Hear
Duane Allen
Oakridge Boys
Winston Groom
Forrest Gump
David Gates
Bread
Peter Buck
REM
Pat O'Brien
TV Host
Frederic Forrest
Actor
Bill MacAtee
TV Sportscaster
Bill Fagerbakke
TV Star - "Coach"
Joel Higgins
Silver Spoons
James Marsden
TV Star Second Noah
Jim Nabors
Gomer Pyle
 
John Elway
NFL Star and Super Bowl MVP

Jim Plunkett
NFL Star and Super Bowl MVP
Mark Rypien
NFL Star and Super Bowl MVP
Joe Avezzano
Dallas Cowboys
Kyle Rote, Jr.
Soccer Star
Ed Sprague
ML Baseball
Mike Mussina
MLB Star

Branch Rickey
MLB Hall of Fame

Al Oerter
Discus Champion

George Sisler
MLB Hall of Fame

Steve Buechele
ML Baseball

Willie Adams
ML Baseball
Shawn Green
ML Baseball
Rick Helling
ML Baseball
Dante Lavelli
NFL Hall of Fame
Todd Martin
Pro Tennis
Tuffy Leemans
NFL Hall of Fame
Jackie Hayes
ML Baseball
Mike Higgins
ML Baseball
Eppa Rixey
ML Baseball
Dave McCarty
ML Baseball
John Lynch
NFL Pro Bowler
Jon Ritchie
NFL Football

Ed Whitacre
Chairman SBC

Porter M. Jarvis
President, Swift
Robert E. Roush
Baylor Medicine
Henry "Ric" Duques
CEO First Data Corp.
Ronald McDougall
CEO Brinker
John P. Harbin
Chairman,
Lone Star Steel

W. Marston Becker
President Spec. Div. Royal & Sun Alliance

John W.  Lettmann
CEO Malt-O-Meal
Robert G. Marbut
Chairman Hearst-Argyle Television
Robert A. Pitner
CEO Net Effect Technologies
Paul D. Rosso
General Manager 3M Medical Surgical Div.
Harold A. Wagner
CEO Air Products & Chemical
 

Rick Wagoner
President General Motors

Benjamin McKelway
President United Press International

Richard Stark
Chairman First American Banks
Jack Hightower
CEO Pure Resources 
Richard North Patterson
Author
Melvin Belli
Famous Trial Lawyer

Michael Shonrock
Dean of Students
Texas Tech
William E. Kirwin
President Ohio State
Duane Leach
President U. Texas Permian Basin
Neal Malicky
President Baldwin Wallace
Peter Likins
President U Arizona
Martin Jischke
President, Purdue
 

William Brennan
US Supreme Court
Ramsey Clark
US Attorney General
Thomas C. Clark
US Supreme Court
Harold Handley
Governor of Indiana
Tim Johnson
US Senator

James Blanchard
Governor of Michigan & US Ambassador
Gary McCollum
NASA Payload Program Manager
Henry Wallace
US Vice-President
Loy Anderson
US Ambassador
G. Hank Brown
US Senator
John Singleton
US District Judge - Texas

William Richardson
US Energy Secretary
Alben Barkley
US Vice-President
Llewellyn Thompson
Ambassador Russia
Thomas Carper
US Senator
Scott Carpenter
Astronaut
Ken Mattingly
Astronaut

There are many distinguished Delts.  Here are just a few:

Name Field Description
Willie Adams Sports ML Baseball pitcher
Michael Aldrete Sports ML Baseball player
Duane Allen Entertainment The Oakridge Boys
Loy Anderson Government US Ambassador
Reuben Askew Government Governor of Florida
Joe Avezzano Sports Dallas Cowboys coach
Arthur C. Avrill Business Chairman of Sakrete
Alben Barkley Government Vice-President of U.S.
W. Marston Becker Business President Royal and SunAlliance
Melvin Belli Business Famous trial lawyer
George B. Bennett Business Chairman of Symmetrix
Murray Blackwelder Education Vice-President of Iowa State University
James J. Blanchard Government Governor of Michigan and US Ambassador
Tim Boyle Business CEO of Columbia Sportswear
John W. Braitmayer Business President of Mona Industries
William J. Brennan Government Supreme Court Justice
C. Robert Brenton Business Chairman of Brenton Banks of Iowa
G. Hank Brown Government Senator from Colorado
Peter Buck Entertainment REM Lead Guitarist
Steve Buechele Sports Major League Baseball star
Drew Carey Entertainment Actor, comedian
Paul Carey Sports ML Baseball player
Scott Carpenter Science Astronaut
Ramsey Clark Government US Attorney General
Thomas C. Clark Government Supreme Court Justice
Larry Clinton Education Texas A&M University at Commerce
James F. "Fielder" Cook Entertainment Broadway Director
C. Christopher Cox Government US Representative from California
Thomas H. Cruikshank Business Chairman, CEO of Halliburton Companies
Duane Cummins Education President of Bethany College
David Dees Education  Dean at University of Central Florida
Robert Dotson Broadcasting NBC  TV reporter
Boyd Dowler Sports NFL football star
Henry C. "Ric" Duques Business Chairman and CEO of First Data Corp.
John Elway Sports NFL football star and Super Bowl MVP
Bill Fagerbakke Entertainment TV star on "Coach"
Richard T. Farmer Business Chairman of Cintas
John W. Fisher Business Chairman Emeritus Ball Corporation
Marlin Fitzwater Government Press Secretary for President George Bush
Bill Flemming Broadcasting TV sportscaster
Frederic Forrest Entertainment Actor
Dr, Hoyt Gardner Medicine President of AMA
David Gates Entertainment Bread
David W. Grainger Business Chairman of WW Grainger
Shawn Green Sports Major League Baseball star
Winston Groom Entertainment Author of Forrest Gump
Harold W. Handley Government Governor of Indiana
John P. Harbin Business Chairman of Lone Star Steel
Jackie Hayes Sports ML Baseball player
Rick Helling Sports ML Baseball player
Joel Higgins Entertainment TV star on "Silver Spoons"
Mike Higgins Sports ML Baseball player
Robert H. Hood Business President of Douglas Aircraft Company
Tom Huddleston Education VP at University of Central Florida
Porter M. Jarvis Business President, Swift & Company
Greg Jennings Entertainment Restless Heart Lead Guitarist
Martin C. Jischke Education President of Purdue University
Tim Johnson Government Senator from South Dakota
Romain Johnston Entertainment Emmy winner
William E. Kirwin Education President of Ohio State University
Gerald A. Kolschowsky Business Chairman of OSI Industries
Duane Leach Education President of Texas Permian Basis
Jack A. Loughery Business Chairman of Hardee's
Dante Lavelli Sports Pro Football Hall of Fame
John W. Lettmann Business Chairman/CEO of Malt-O-Meal Co.
Peter W. Likins Education President of University of Arizona
John A. Luddington Business Chairman of Dow Corning
John Lynch Sports NFL Pro Bowl player
James T. Lynn Business Chairman and CEO of Aetna Life and Casualty
Bill MacAtee Broadcasting NBC TV sportscaster
Neal Malicky Education  President of Baldwin Wallace College
Robert G. Marbut Business Chairman/CEO of Hearst-Argyle Television
Todd Martin Sports Professional tennis player
James Marsden Entertainment TV star on "Second Noah"
Ken Mattingly Science Astronaut
David McCarty Sports ML Baseball player
Gary W. McCollum Government NASA Payload Program Manager 
Matthew McConaughey Entertainment Actor
Marno M. McDermott Business Founder of Fuddruckers and Chi Chi's
Ronald A. McDougall Business President of Chili's, Inc.
Benjamin McKelway Business President of United Press International
Gary G. Michael Business Chairman of Albertson's
Howard Mudd Sports NFL coach
Roger Mudd Broadcasting TV newscaster
Mike Mussina Sports Major League Baseball star pitcher
Jerry K. Myers Business CEO of Steelcase
Jim Nabors Entertainment TV's Gomer Pyle
John W. Nichols Business Chairman of  Devon Energy
Pat O'Brien Broadcasting TV host, commentator
Al Oerter Sports Discus champion
Joseph T. Painter Medicine President of American Medical Association
Jack C. Parker Education VP Sam Houston State University
Richard North Patterson Business Author
Gregory Peoples Education  Dean of Students at Eastern Michigan University
Robert A. Pitnet Business CEO of Net Effect Technologies
Jim Plunkett Sports NFL football star and Super Bowl MVP
Jennings Randolph Broadcasting TV baseball sportscaster
Alan E. Riedel Business Vice-Chairman of Cooper Industries
Branch Rickey Sports Baseball Hall of Fame
Jon Ritchie Sports NFL football player
Jerry E. Ritter Business Vice-Chairman of Anheuser Busch
Eppa Rixey III Sports Baseball Hall of Fame
John Rohrbeck Broadcasting President NBC TV stations
Paul D. Rosso Business General Manager of 3M Medical-Surgical Division
Kyle Rote, Jr. Sports Soccer star
Robert E. Roush Education Director Baylor College of Medicine; President of Delta Tau Delta nationally
Sherry Rowland Science Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Mark Rypien Sports NFL football star and Super Bowl MVP
Craig Sager Broadcasting TV sportscaster
Walter B. Samuelson Business President of Quintas Computer Systems
Stephen Sanger Business Chairman and CEO of General Mills
David Schwimmer Entertainment Friends TV star
Jeffry Siemon Sports Minnesota Vikings linebacker
John Singleton Government U.S. District Judge -- Texas
George Sisler Sports Baseball Hall of Fame
William Spann Business President of the American Bar Association
Ed Sprague Sports ML Baseball player
Richard Stark Business Chairman of First American Banks
Llewellyn E. Thompson Government Ambassador to Russia
Dr. Monroe Trout Medicine Chairman Emeritus of American Healthcare Systems
Jame Trumbo Entertainment Two-time Oscar winner
Myron E. Ullman Business Chairman of Macy's
Rick Wagoner Business President of General Motors North America
Harold A. Wagner Business CEO of Air Products and Chemical
Henry Wallace Government Vice-President of U.S.
Michael Walsh Business Chairman of Tenneco
Gene Washington Sports NFL star and NFL Vice-President
Larry Wilson Education President of Marietta College
Peter K. Woo Business Chairman of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited
Cliff Wood Education VP County College of Morris
Robert E. Wycoff Business President of ARCO
Victor Yanchik Education Dean of Medical College of Virginia