Tau Epsilon Phi (ΤΕΦ),commonly known as TEP or Tau Ep,is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded at Columbia University in 1910. Since its establishment,the fraternity has chartered 144 chapters and colonies,chiefly located at universities and colleges on the East Coast. Its national headquarters is located in Troy,New York. Although originally a Jewish fraternity,TEP opened to non-Jewish members in the 1960s.
East Central University is a public university in Ada,Oklahoma. It is part of Oklahoma's Regional University System. Beyond its flagship campus in Ada,the university has courses available in McAlester,Shawnee,and Durant,as well as online courses. Founded as East Central State Normal School in 1909,its present name was adopted in 1985. Some of its more prominent alumni include former Microsoft COO B. Kevin Turner,Modernist painter Leon Polk Smith,former NFL player Mark Gastineau,past governors Robert S. Kerr and George Nigh,former U.S. Representative Lyle Boren,Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert,and U.S. Army General James D. Thurman.
Roger William Jepsen was an American politician from Iowa. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1969 to 1973 and a member of the United States Senate from 1979 to 1985. Jepsen later was the chairman of National Credit Union Administration from 1985 to 1993 where he helped oversee more than 14,000 credit unions nationally.
Edmund C. Moy is an American businessman and former government official. From 2006 to 2011,he served as the 38th Director of the United States Mint.
Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ),commonly known as ΤΚΕ or Teke,is a social college fraternity founded on January 10,1899,at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada,making the Fraternity an international organization. Since its founding in 1899,Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity has never had an exclusionary or discriminatory clause to prevent individuals from joining and has instead admitted members based on their "personal worth and character". As of fall 2023,there are 221 active ΤΚΕchapters and colonies with over 298,000-lifetime members.
Joseph Craft III is an American businessman. He is the president and chief executive officer of Alliance Resource Partners,L.P.,the third-largest coal producer in the eastern United States.
Barbara McConnell Barrett is an American businesswoman,attorney and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of the Air Force from 2019 to 2021. She is also an instrument-rated pilot,and cattle and bison rancher.
John Rakolta Jr is an American businessman and a former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2019 to 2021. He is the former CEO of Walbridge,a full-service construction company headquartered in Detroit. He was also one of the National Finance Chairs for Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
James W. Carr is an American educator. Carr was nominated by President George W. Bush to the National Security Education Board in 2005 and served in that capacity until 2011. In 2020 Carr was appointed by U.S House minority leader,Representative Kevin McCarthy,to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Before retirement in 2019 Dr. Carr had served as a professor of business,senior vice president and executive vice president of Harding University in Searcy,Arkansas. Carr was appointed to the Arkansas Forestry Commission in 2004 by Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and was reappointed to the Commission in 2012 by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe,during which time he served as vice chairman of the board. In 2015 Carr was appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board,where he served as chairman from 2018-2020. Dr. Carr has served on the board of directors of World Christian Broadcasting since 1993. From 1980 to 1984 Dr. Carr served on the board of directors of the Comsafe Company,a Jack Nicklaus-Golden Bear company headquartered in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach. He currently serves on the executive board of the Quapaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America,on the board of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and on the Business Board of First Community Bank. He has been awarded twice with bronze medallions by The Arkansas Martin Luther King Commission for the promotion of racial harmony within the state.
Robert Anthony Paduchik is an American political advisor who served as the co-chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2017 to 2019. He was also a senior advisor for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign. He was also the campaign's Ohio state director in 2016.
John Edward James is an American politician,businessman,and veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was its nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020.
Christopher Landau is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 2019 to 2021. He was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump.
David T. Fischer is an American business executive,civic leader,and philanthropist. He was confirmed in 2019 as the United States Ambassador to Morocco and served in this role until 2021.
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