PUBLIC SERVICE

		Pete Sessions - U.S. Congressman [R-TX] A conservative community leader, United States Congressman Pete Sessions has combined hard work, innovative thinking, free-market solutions and common sense principles and values to build a successful family, business and congressional career. First elected in 1996, Congressman Sessions was re-elected in 1998, and 2000 by the people of Dallas and the Fifth Congressional District to represent them in the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC. In the 2002 elections, Congressman Sessions was re-elected to a fourth term in the House in the newly created Thirty-Second Congressional District. As a member of the majority party in Congress, and a friend of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, Congressman Sessions has become a national leader on issues of great importance to the people of Texas.
		Nicholas Lampson - U.S. Congressman [D-TX] Beaumont, Texas native Nick Lampson was elected to represent the 9th Congressional District in 1996. The four-term Member of Congress serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he fights for federal highway construction and repair funds, and the improvement of Houston and Southeast Texas airport facilities. As a member of the Science Committee, Lampson is a strong advocate for the Johnson Space Center and the entire NASA manned space program. Prior to his tenure in Congress, Lampson, who earned his Bachelors Degree in Biology and Masters Degree in Education from Lamar University, served as the Jefferson County property tax assessor for nearly 20 years after he developed and taught a real estate management course at his alma mater.
		W. Robert Pearson - Ambassador to Turkey Ambassador W. Robert Pearson, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, has a broad background in European and security issues as well as wide management experience overseas and in Washington. The Senate confirmed Ambassador Pearson as Ambassador to Turkey on July 9, 2000, and he was sworn in on July 31, 2000. He officially assumed his position in Ankara on September 21, 2000. Ambassador Pearson was Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy to France from July 1997 to July 2000. He served twice at NATO, from 1993 to 1997 as Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.S. Mission during the Balkan crisis and NATO's enlargement, and from 1987 to 1990 on the international staff as Chair of NATO's Political Committee. From 1991 to 1993, he was the Executive Secretary of the Department of State. He served as Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (1985-1987). He served in Beijing, China as a political officer (1981 to 1983), was staff assistant in the East Asia and Pacific Affairs bureau, and began his Foreign Service career with a two-year assignment in Auckland, New Zealand (1976-1978). Ambassador Pearson served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1969 to 1973, and is a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School in 1968. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
		Jon Kyl - U.S. Senator [R-AZ] Jon Kyl was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 1994 and re-elected in 2000, after having served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has distinguished himself as: a key member of the Senate leadership; a long standing expert on counterterrorism, defense and intelligence issues; an effective voice for Arizona in Washington; a concerned advocate of parental involvement in education and funding that reaches the classroom; a strong promoter of economic growth and opportunity through tax relief, and responsible spending policies; a persistent supporter of tough crime and drug laws, and a defender of the rights of crime victims; and a noted proponent of access to quality health care.

	Leslie C. Arends* - Former United States Congressman, Illinois
	Dick Armey - Former United States Representative, Texas
	Herbert H. Bateman* - Former United States Congressman, Virginia
	Tom Bevill - Former United States Representative, Alabama
	Brooks E. Blitch, III - Chief Judge, Superior Court of Georgia
	Charles A. Bowsher - Former Comptroller General of the United States
	Dr. Earl W. Brian, Jr. - Former Secretary, State of California Health and Welfare Agency
	Cavendish W. Cannon* - Former Diplomat, U.S. Foreign Service
	John R. Carter - United States Representative, Texas
	A. B. Chandler* - Former Governor of Kentucky
	Earle C. Clements* - Former Governor of Kentucky
	Thad Cochran - United States Senator, Mississippi
	Bud Cramer - United States Representative, Alabama
	Harry S. Dent - Former Special Counsel to the President
	Everett M. Dirksen* - Former United States Senator, Illinois
	Franklin S. Forsberg* - Former United States Ambassador to Sweden
	David Haight - 1 of 12 Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; former mayor of Palo Alto, CA
	John V. Hendry - Chief Justice, Nebraska Supreme Court
	Roy D. Hickman* - Former President, Rotary International
	General Courtney Hodges* - Former U.S. Army Chief of Infantry
	Leo A. Hoegh* - Former Governor of Iowa
	John E. Horne* - Former Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board
	Laurence F. Lee* - Former President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
	Jack Lucas - Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
	David F. Maxwell* - Former President, American Bar Association
	Dr. John P. McGovern - Doctor
	John W. McNair, Jr. - Head Program/Budget Coordinator, Office of the Comptroller, Dept. of the Navy
	Clarence W. Meadows* - Former Governor of West Virginia
	Alan B. Mollohan - United States Representative, West Virginia
	Frank E. Moss * - Former United States Senator, Utah
	C. Patrick Roberts - United States Senator, Kansas
	C. Wesley Roberts* - Former Chairman, Republican National Convention
	A. Willis Robertson* - Former United States Senator, Virginia
	Dr. John C. Ruddock* - Medical Research
	John J. Sparkman* - Former United States Senator, Alabama
	Luther L. Terry* - Former Surgeon General of the United States
	J. Strom Thurmond * - Former United States Senator, South Carolina
	Dr. Malcolm C. Todd* - Former President, American Medical Association
	Elbert P. Tuttle* - Former General Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department
	Most. Rev. Bishop Henry St. George Tucker* - Bishop of the Episcopal Church
	James van Hoften - Space Shuttle Astronaut
	Milo J. Warner* - Former National Commander, American Legion
	Claude R. Wickard* - Former Secretary of Agriculture
	General Louis Wilson (Retired) - Marine Corps Commandant, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
	Major Carl E. Wuertele - War Ace
	* deceased

EDUCATION

		Kenneth T. Jackson - Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences-Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City Kenneth T. Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences, specializes in American social and urban history. He received his B.A. from the University of Memphis in 1961 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1966. His publications include The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915–1930 (1967), Cities in American History (1972), Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States (1985), Silent Cities: The Evolution of the American Cemetery , with Camilo Vergara (1990), and, as editor The Encyclopedia of New York City (1995). He is presently working on two books to be entitled Gentlemen's Agreement: Race, Class, and Differential Development in Newark, White Plains, and Darien, 1840–1990 and The Road to Hell: Transportation Policy and the Decline of the United States .
		Dr. Samuel H. Smith - President Emeritus, Washington State University Dr. Samuel H. Smith has enjoyed a distinguished career in higher education, first at the University of California, Berkeley, then at Pennsylvania State University. He served 15 years (July 1, 1985 - June 8, 2000) as president of Washington State University. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Western Governors University, the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Talaris Research Institute. His background includes serving as chair of the Executive Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He became active in the NCAA when he was elected as the Division I representative to the Presidents Commission. He later was elected chair of that commission and then was elected chair of the Executive Committee, the NCAA's newly formed primary governing body, and served in that capacity until completion of his term.
		E. Gordon Gee - Chancellor, Vanderbilt University One of the most experienced chief executives in higher education, Gordon Gee previously served as president of Brown University, The Ohio State University, the University of Colorado, and West Virginia University. A joint degree recipient in law and education from Columbia University, he completed a federal judicial clerkship, after which he served as an Assistant Dean for the University of Utah College of Law. After holding this position, Gee served as a Judicial Fellow and Senior Staff Assistant for United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. He then became Associate Dean and Professor at J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University and next served as Dean at West Virginia University. Active in a number of professional and service organizations, Gee has been a Trustee for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation since 1995. He has carried out research on behalf of the Ford Foundation, the Guy Anderson Foundation, and the American Bar Foundation, among others. He is the co-author of six books, and the author of numerous papers and articles in fields relating to both law and education. The recipient of a number of awards and honors, he was a Mellon Fellow for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies and a W.K. Kellogg Fellow. In 1994 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of Utah, and in 1994 he received the same award from Teachers College, Columbia University.

	Joseph Ajello - Team Chief, Galileo UV Spectrometer Experiment/Jet Propulsion Lab
	Dr. Tom Bonner - President, Wayne State University
	John A. DiBiaggio - President, Tufts University
	Nick Dunagan - Chancellor, University of Tennessee-Martin
	Dr. Walter L. Harrison - President, University of Hartford
	Dr. James D. Hoskins* - Former President, University of Tennessee
	David L. Jorns - Former President, Eastern Illinois University
	William Mankin - Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
	Thomas McGraw - Pulitzer Prize Winner
	Allen C. Meadors - Chancellor, University of North Carolina-Pembroke
	Wayne L. Morse* - Former Dean, University of Oregon
	Dr. William R. Nester - Chancellor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Kearney
	Dr. John Lloyd Newcomb* - Former President, University of Virginia
	Dr. J. Michael Ortiz - President, California Polytechnic State University - Pomona
	W. Taylor Reveley, Jr.* - Former President, Hampden-Sydney College
	Eldridge W. Roark, Jr. - Former National President, Omicron Delta Kappa
	Dr. Otis A. Singletary, Jr. - Former President, University of Kentucky
	W. Christian Sizemore - Chancellor, William Jewel College
	Dr. Andrew A. Sorensen - President, The University of South Carolina
	Edwin B. Strong, Jr. - President, Culver-Stockton College
	William P. Tolley* - Former President and Chancellor, Syracuse University
	Gary Trennepohl - President, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
	Robert F. Vagt - President, Davidson College
	Glen Weissenberger - Dean of DePaul University School of Law
	William H. Willimon - Dean of Chapel at Duke University and professor of theology; author
	* deceased

NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

		Rick Dees - Radio Personality As host of Rick Dees Weekly Top Forty, Dees is heard on over 400 stations across the country and 70 countries worldwide. In addition, he is the immensely popular host of the Rick Dees Morning Show on KIIS/Los Angeles, where he has dominated radio since 1982. Rick Dees is the recipient of The People's Choice Award and has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is a 1970 initiate of Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of North Carolina (Tau Chapter). His son is also a Pike initiate (Southern California, Gamma Eta '98).
		Ted Koppel - ABC's Nightline Anchor and Managing Editor Ted Koppel (Syracuse, Alpha Chi '58) is a 37-year veteran of ABCNEWS. He was named anchor of Nightline when the broadcast was introduced in March 1980. Koppel has won every major broadcasting award, including 37 Emmy Awards, six George Foster Peabody Awards, 10 duPont-Columbia Awards, nine Overseas Press Club Awards, two George Polk Awards and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards - the highest honor bestowed for public service by the Society of Professional journalists.
		Jon Stewart - Anchor of The Daily Show A New Jersey native and initiate of Pi Kappa Alpha at The College of William & Mary (Gamma '81), Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. From his anchor chair of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," he "has breathed new life into a show that hadn't even seemed to need it," said The New York Times. Since taking over as the anchorman of "The Daily Show" in January 1999, Stewart's presence has seen higher ratings and awareness for himself and Comedy Central.

	Jimmie Baker* - Emmy Award winning director and producer retired from ABC
	Brad Booker - Drummer, Stir
	Richard L. Evans * - Former Editor & Producer, CPS Tabernacle Choir Program
	Kevin Gagnepain - Bassist, Stir
	Alex Hawkins - Television Sports Personality
	Bob Losure - Former Anchor of CNN Headline News
	Tim McGraw - Country Music Star
	Kenneth T. Ober - Game Show Host
	Fess Parker - Actor
	William Sanderson - Actor
	William F. Shortz - Editor, New York Times Crossword Puzzle; Founder, American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
	Scott Van Pelt - ESPN Anchor
	Robert L. Ward - Senior Vice President and Creative Director, Universal Studios
	Morgan Woodward - Actor
	* Deceased

SPORTS

		Bobby Bowden - Head Football Coach, Florida State Coach Bowden has been coaching football at Florida State University since 1976 and has led the Seminoles to a National title twice (1993, 1999), second place twice (1987, 92), third, four times (1988, 89, 97, 99), fourth, five times (1990, 91, 94, 95, 96) and fifth in 2000. No team in college football history can match the run. Bobby Bowden was initiated into Pi Kappa Alpha's Alpha Pi Chapter at Samford University in 1949. He served as chapter president in 1954 and has supported Pi Kappa Alpha ever since.
		Horace Grant - Professional Basketball Player Horace Grant (Clemson, Eta Alpha '91) is best known for his work with the Chicago Bulls organization where he won three NBA championships (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93). He was also a member of the 2000-01 champion L.A. Lakers team. At the 1991 Pi Kappa Alpha Officers Leadership Academy, Grant addressed an audience and spoke of how the Bull's formula for success can be used within the Fraternity - "We came together as a team. With a fraternity, we are a team. When everyone has the same focus the sky is the limit," Grant said.
		Hubert Green - Professional Golfer A 1965 initiate of Delta Lambda Chapter (Florida State), Hubert Green is a well-known professional golfer. He turned professional in 1970 and has since won 19 PGA victories and 4 Champions Tour victories. Green has been active in golf coarse design, working with Fuzzy Zoeller on the TPC at Southwind, venue for the PGA Tour's FedEx St. Jude Classic and assisted in designing Greystone GC in Birmingham with Bob Cupp - site of the Bruno's Memorial Classic.
		Todd Hays - 2002 U. S. Olympian Pi Kappa Alpha alumnus Todd Hays (Tulsa, Gamma Upsilon '90) drove a United States four-man bobsled into American Olympic history in 2002 when the team won a silver medal, the country's highest finish ever and first Olympic medal in the sport in 46 years.

	Lance Alworth - Pro Football Hall of Fame
	Jamie Asher - Professional Football Player, Philadelphia Eagles
	Chad Clifton - Offensive Tackle, Green Bay Packers
	Trevino Betty - 2000 Canadian Olympian, Sprinter
	Pat Bowlen - Owner, Denver Broncos
	Wesley E. Fesler * - Former Head Football Coach, Ohio State
	Gus Frerotte - Quarterback, Denver Broncos
	Breaux Greer - 2000 U.S. Olympian, Javelin
	Bill Guthridge - Retired Head Basketball Coach, University of North Carolina
	Fred Hoiberg - Pro Basketball Player, Minnesota Timberwolves
	Dan Issel - Head Coach and General Manager of the NBA's Denver Nuggets; Professional Basketball Hall of Fame
	Garth Jax - Former Pro Football, Arizona Cardinals
	Travis Knight - Pro Basketball Player, Los Angeles Lakers
	Jeff MacMunn - 1996 and 2000 Olympian - USA Disabled Volleyball Team
	Bill McCartney - Former Head Football Coach, University of Colorado; Founder and CEO of Promise Keepers
	William H. Moos - Athletic Director, University of Oregon
	Dick Motta - Former NBA Coach, Dallas Mavericks
	Steve Prefontaine * - Former World Class Runner, National Track and Field Hall of Fame
	Bob Pruett - Head Football Coach, Marshall University
	Howard Schnellenberger - Head Football Coach, Florida Atlantic University
	Frank Sinkwich * - Heisman Trophy Winner, University of Georgia
	Kevin Stallings - Head Basketball Coach, Vanderbilt University
	Gene Stephenson - Head Baseball Coach, Wichita State University
	Gino Torretta - Heisman Trophy Winner, University of Miami
	Mike Trigg - Head Coach, The Rampage Arena Football Team
	Jake Voskuhl - Center, Phoenix Suns
	Pappy Waldorf * - Coach, Northwestern University
	Matt Whiteside - Professional Baseball Player, San Diego Padres
	Woody Widenhofer - Head Football Coach, Vanderbilt University
	* deceased