List of Kappa Alpha Order members

This is a list of notable alumni of Kappa Alpha Order.

Media

• Michael Beck (Alpha Mu) – actor
• Pat Boone (Gamma Lambda) – actor and recording artist
• Marty Brennaman (Zeta) – announcer for the Cincinnati Reds
• Zac Brown (Zeta Kappa) – lead vocalist with the multiple Grammy-winning country group the Zac Brown Band
• Michael Brun (Sigma) – DJ and producer
• Thomas Dixon, Jr. (Tau) – author, playwright
• Bill Engvall (Xi) – actor and comedian
• Ben Ferguson (Alpha Upsilon) – conservative radio talk show host, author
• Ryan Fournier (Zeta Psi) - American political commentator
• Tyler Gerth (Theta) – Photography/Racial Justice Advocate
• George Grizzard (Upsilon) – actor, won Tony Award in 1996
• Taylor Hackford (Beta Sigma) – film director, won Oscar in 1979
• George Hamilton IV (Upsilon) – country music singer
• Rob Huebel (Delta Omicron) – comedian and actor
• Adam Johnson (Epsilon Omega)^{[ citation needed ]}– writer, 2013 fiction Pulitzer Prize
• William Joyce (Beta Lambda) – author, artist, illustrator with Disney/Pixar and others
• Bill Lawrence (Alpha Zeta) – television writer, producer, and director
• Delbert Mann (Chi) – film director, won an Oscar and Palme d'Or in 1955
• Frank McCarthy (Beta) – movie producer, won an Oscar in 1970
• Page McConnell (Beta Lambda) – member of music groups Phish and Vida Blue
• Richard Moll (Alpha Xi) – actor, played "Bull Shannon" on Night Court
• Rich O'Toole (Epsilon Delta) – country music singer
• Anthony Perkins (Alpha Psi) – prolific actor, played Norman Bates in Psycho
• Mark Povinelli (Epsilon Lambda) – actor
• Charlie Rose (Alpha Phi) – talk show host
• Randolph Scott (Alpha Sigma) – actor
• Ned Vaughn (Phi) – actor
• Mark L. Walberg (Delta Tau) – television host
• Douglass Wallop (Beta Kappa) – writer, won Tony Award in 1956

Business

• Alex Murdaugh (Rho) – Former attorney, convicted of capital murder in March 2023.
• Christopher Chmelik (Alpha Kappa) – CEO of Big Dogg Enterprises
• Robert Crandall (Alpha Zeta) – former president, chairman and CEO of American Airlines
• Ken May (Gamma Gamma) – CEO of FedEx and Kinko's
• Jerry Richardson (Delta) – former Carolina Panthers owner and founder
• George W. Woodruff (Alpha Sigma) – director of the Coca-Cola Company, 1936–1985
• Robert W. Woodruff (Epsilon) – president of the Coca-Cola Company, 1926–1954
• Jeffery Hildebrand (Omicron) – founder, chairman, and CEO Hilcorp Energy Company
• John Fishwick (Beta Rho) – American railroad executive and chief executive of Norfolk and Western Railway
• Ely Callaway Jr. (Epsilon) – American entrepreneur, textiles executive, winemaker and vintner and golf club manufacturer, as the founder of Callaway Golf
• Thomas J. Konetski III (Alpha Rho) – founder, CEO, and chief artistic contributor of Black H@LE Teknologies

Education

• William James Barrow (Zeta) – chemist and paper conservator
• Andrew Nelson Lytle (Chi) – novelist, dramatist, essayist, professor of literature at the University of Florida and the University of the South
• John B. Watson (Iota) – psychologist, founder of behaviorism
• Sam S. Walker (Beta Commission) – U.S. Army general, superintendent of Virginia Military Institute.

Government

• Thurman Adams (Beta Epsilon) – former senator and President Pro Tempore of state senate (Delaware)
• Robert Aderholt (Phi) – US Congressman from Alabama
• Carl Albert (Beta Eta) – former US Representative for Oklahoma; Speaker of the House, 1971–1977
• Paul Atkins (Delta) – former commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
• Roger Bedford, Jr. (Alpha Beta) – state senator, Alabama
• Roy Blunt (Alpha Eta) – US Congressman and senator from Missouri
• J. Caleb Boggs (Beta Epsilon) – former governor and US Senator from Delaware
• Rick Boucher (Beta Rho) – US Congressman from Virginia
• Charles Boustany (Gamma Phi) – US Congressman from Louisiana
• William Denis Brown, III – former state senator from Monroe, Louisiana
• Bryan Edward Bush, Jr. – former district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Adm. Richard E. Byrd (Beta) – US Navy, Antarctic explorer; Medal of Honor recipient
• William Clements (Beta Lambda) – former governor of Texas
• Clark M. Clifford (Beta Theta) – former counsel to US presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy; former secretary of defense
• Larry Combest (Gamma Chi) – US Congressman from Texas
• Zel M. Fischer (Alpha Delta) – judge, Missouri Supreme Court
• Don Fowler (Delta) – former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
• Bart Gordon (Delta Lambda) – US Congressman from Tennessee
• Henry Hager (Tau) – husband of Jenna Bush, daughter of US President George W. Bush
• William Pike Hall Sr. (Alpha Iota) – member of the Louisiana State Senate from Shreveport, 1924–1932
• Robert W. Hemphill (Rho) – former US Congressman from South Carolina, 1957–1964; Federal Judge for South Carolina, 1965–1980
• George Hooks (Nu) – senator of Georgia
• J. Edgar Hoover (Alpha Nu) – former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Richard Hudson (Epsilon Xi) – US Congressman from North Carolina
• Edgar Erskine Hume (Omega) - American physician, highly-decorated Major General in the U.S Army medical corps, Founder Delta Omega
• Whitfield Jack (Alpha Iota) – United States Army officer in World War II; major general of United States Army Reserve, attorney in Shreveport (Louisiana)
• Mike Johnson (Alpha Gamma) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bossier Parish
• Joe Kennedy III (Alpha Pi) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district
• Bill Lee (Nu) – Governor of Tennessee
• Buddy MacKay (Beta Zeta) – former governor, lieutenant governor, and US Representative from Florida
• James MacKay (Epsilon) – senator
• GA George C. Marshall (Beta) – former US Secretary of State; former US Secretary of Defense; former US Army Chief of Staff' namesake of the Marshall Plan; Nobel Peace Prize recipient; graduate of the Virginia Military Institute
• Henry McMaster (Rho) – Governor of South Carolina
• Johnathan Marchant (Alpha Beta) – Republican Political Consultant
• Daniel Mongiardo (Alpha Theta) – Lt. Governor of Kentucky, 2007–2011
• G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery (Beta Tau) – former US Congressman, author of the GI Bill of Rights
• Bill Owens (Delta Kappa) – former governor of Colorado
• Gen. George S. Patton (Beta) – former commander, 3rd US. Army
• Austin Peay (Omega) – former governor of Tennessee
• Gen. J. H. Binford Peay III (Beta) – former commander, 101st Airborne Division, US CENTCOM; Superintendent of VMI
• Claude Pepper (Alpha Omega) – former US Congressman from Florida; former US Senator from Florida
• Melvin Purvis (Rho) – FBI; headed the Division of Investigation Offices in Birmingham, Alabama; led successful manhunts for Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, and John Dillinger
• Dean Rusk (Sigma) – former US Secretary of State
• Gen Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. (Beta) – former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
• Ellison D. Smith (Delta/Rho) – US Senator, South Carolina
• Floyd Spence (Rho) – US Congressman from South Carolina
• Dennis Stine (Delta Xi) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and commissioner of administration for then Governor Buddy Roemer
• Earl Ray Tomblin (Alpha Rho) – Governor of West Virginia
• Richard Truly (Alpha Sigma) – vice admiral, US Navy; astronaut; former director of NASA
• GEN Sam S. Walker (Beta Commission) – army officer, superintendent of VMI.
• Dayton Waller (Alpha Iota) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1968–1972
• Steve Womack (Epsilon Zeta) – US Congressman from Arkansas
• Ken Mika (Epsilon Phi) – Award-winning Political Fundraising Consultant, CEO of Politicoin
• MG Cedric T. Wins (Beta Commission) - U.S. Army Officer, Superintendent of VMI.

Religion

• Rt. Rev. James L. Duncan (Kappa) – former bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida
• Rt. Rev. Henry Judah Mikell (Alpha Alpha) – former bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
• Bishop Robert C. Morgan (Phi) – retired bishop; Mississippi and Kentucky Annual Conferences; former president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops ^[1]
• Rt. Rev. William J. Skilton (Theta Commission) – former suffragan bishop Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, former assistant bishop Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic
• Rt. Rev William Angie Smith (Xi) - former Methodist bishop of the Oklahoma-New Mexico episcopal area.

Sports

• Tommy Aaron (Beta Zeta) – professional golfer; 1973 Masters Champion
• Tony Azevedo (Alpha Pi) – water polo player; four-time All-American; three-time National Player of the Year; three-time Olympian
• Bill Bergey (Delta Eta) – four-time All-Pro player; member of the Philadelphia Eagles Honor Roll
• David Binn (Alpha Xi) – San Diego Chargers, long snapper, 1994–2011
• Randy Brown – California Angels catcher ^[2]
• Rex Cawley (Beta Sigma) – Olympic gold medalist (1964) and former world record holder, 400m hurdles
• Ben Crenshaw (Omicron) – professional golfer and Master's champion in 1984 and 1995
• Al Geiberger (Beta Sigma) – professional golfer
• Burt Hooton (Omicron) – former Major League Baseball player and coach
• Don January (Gamma Lambda) – professional golfer
• Paul Johnson (Delta Alpha) – head football coach for Georgia Tech
• Christian "Sonny" Jurgensen III (Alpha Phi) – former professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Joe Kapp (Alpha Xi) – former professional football player, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Clyde Littlefield (Omicron) – former University of Texas football and track & field coach
• Jack Maguire (Gamma Eta) – professional golfer ^[3]
• Tim McCarver (Gamma Gamma) – former professional baseball player
• Hal Mumme (Delta Rho) – head football coach, New Mexico State University
• Will Muschamp (Gamma) – co-Defensive Coordinator, University of Georgia
• Ernest Nevers (Alpha Pi) – former professional baseball and football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Tommy Nobis (Omicron) – former professional football player with Atlanta Falcons; University of Texas All-American; 1965 winner of the Outland Trophy & Maxwell Award
• Charles Paddock (Beta Sigma) – three-time Olympic gold medalist, track & field
• Jerry Richardson (Delta) – Wofford College receiver – Associated Press Little All-America selection in 1957 & 1958; former professional football player with Baltimore Colts; former owner of the NFL Carolina Panthers
• Jay Sigel (Tau) – professional golfer
• Brandt Snedeker (Chi) – professional golfer
• Melvin Stewart (Pi) – Olympic gold medalist, swimming
• Dave Stockton (Beta Sigma) – professional golfer
• Danny Sullivan (Theta) – Formula One and Indycar driver, 1985 Indianapolis 500 Winner
• William Vlachos (Alpha Beta) – All-American Center and two time (2009, 2011) National Champion for the Alabama Crimson Tide
• Sam Wyche (Iota) – former NFL head coach; NFL analyst
• Frank Wykoff (Beta Sigma) – Olympic gold medalist, 1928, 1932, 1936, in track & field
• Ernie Zampese (Beta Sigma) – NFL offensive coordinator who helped pioneer the west coast offense

References

1. "Notable KAs". Kappa Alpha Order. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
2. Tristram, Karen (October 21, 1966). "Leesburg Grad Interns At WPHS". Orlando Evening Star . p. 43. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
3. Buswell, Brent (October 2, 2015). "Florida State KA Named Top 10 in College Golf". Kappa Alpha Order. Retrieved January 28, 2016.