Benefits of Membership

TKE is more than an undergraduate experience, it is a Fraternity for Life! Membership in Tau Kappa Epsilon provides you with experiences that can be found nowhere else. You become part of a family that will support and help you in all areas of life.  When you sign the scroll of our Tau Kappa Epsilon, you join your name with thousands of the best and brightest in the world-from presidents to entertainers, from clergy to Nobel Prize winners, from athletes to good fathers-Tekes have always been synonymous with quality and success.

Some of those distinguished prominent TKE almuni include:
Business and Industry
  • Conrad M. Hilton
  • Roger J. Dow
  • Paul R. Oreffice
  • James P. Evans
  • Howard D. Schultz
  • Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
  • Raymond G. Chambers
  • Edward C. Droste
  • James M. Kilts
  • Dr. Jerry C. Nims
  • Kenny A. Troutt
  • O. Gene Bicknell
  • Ronald C. Barr
  • Daniel W. Bower
  • H.R. Bresee
  • Robert L. Byers
  • Robert G. Chapman
  • Walter G. Cornett, III
  • John D. Currey
  • James P. Evans
  • Clark W. Fetridge
  • John C. Fitzgerald
  • Robert E. Gunn
  • Douglas A. Habig
  • Earl H. Harbison, Jr.
  • Russel H. Heil
  • Lon G. Justice
  • B.E. Luglan
  • Richard J. Mensing
  • John D. Porthouse
  • Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr.
  • Joseph C. Scully
  • Harold A. Shaub
  • Donald O. Smith
  • Donald G. Taft
  • James V. Wylie
Government
  • Ronald W. Reagon
  • Charles A. Whittaker
  • Robert L. "Bob" Barr
  • Robert A. Butterworth, Jr.
  • Robert C. Byrd
  • Ryan C. Crocker
  • Gary A. Doer
  • Roger W. Jepson
  • Carl D. Pursell
  • James H. Quillen
  • John G. Rowland
  • Richard B. Stone
  • W.J. Billy Tauzin, II
  • Wesley W. Watkins

Education

  • Gregory L. Geoffroy
  • Jpseph J. Sisco
  • Hoke L. Smith
  • James W. Duke
  • Dr. William V. Muse
  • Stuart L. Anderson
  • Joseph Blumel
  • James A. Butcher
  • Dr. John A. Calhoun, Jr.
  • John E. Deloney
  • Roger J. Fritz
  • Charles B. House
  • Arnold R. Kilpatrick
  • Chester Lay
  • Bernard T. Lomas
  • Raymond P. Purdom
  • Nicholas Rashford
  • Earl A. Roadman
  • Dr. Norman W. Sievert
  • Donald S. Stanton
  • J. Ricahrd Stoltz
  • Donald R. Theophils
  • B.D. Owens

Athletics

  • George S. Halas
  • Louis Carnesecca
  • Fred Dryer
  • Terry P. Bradshaw
  • Richard F. "Digger" Phelps
  • Phil M. Simms
  • Paul D. Wight "The Big Show"
  • Marv Levy
  • John Beasley
  • John F. Dryer

Entertainment

  • Elvis A. Presley
  • Willie H. Nelson
  • Merv Griffin
  • Lawrence Welk
  • Christian Nyby
  • William Melendez
  • Les Paul
  • Ronald Reagon
  • Aaron Flether
  • Fred Dryer
  • Frank Scott
  • Ron Jeremy
  • Robert L. Wuhl
  • The Four Freshmen
  • The Everly Brothers

Philanthropic, Literary, Scientific, and Military

  • Dr. William A. Fowler
  • Frank J. Jirka, Jr. M.D.
  • Gen. Joseph W. Ralston
  • William L. Shirer
  • Donald A. Campbell
  • Gerald P. Carr
  • Robert J. Coover
  • John R. Fisher
  • Roy K. Flint
  • Hugh Fudenberg
  • Pillip Gabriel
  • Christopher Glenn
  • Harry Golden
  • Dr. Eugene V. Grace
  • David R. Jones
  • Jack J. Kessie
  • Ralph Keyes
  • Irving P. Krick
  • Harold P. Leinbaugh
  • Spence T. Marks
  • Dr. Carl S. Marvel
  • Hugh M. Milton, II
  • Robert W. Murphy
  • George A. Newbury
  • Paul Paddock
  • Alvin B. Reuben
  • Roy W. Riegle
  • Merrill A. Scheil
  • Herbert L. Scofield
  • Frank B. Trexler
  • Phillip West
  • R.C. Williams
  • Richard L. Williams
  • George W. Wooley

 

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  • Founder of Hilton Hotels
  • Vice President of Marketing for Marriott Hotels/Resorts International
  • Chairman / CEO of Dow Chemical
  • President / CEO of Best Western International Inc.
  • Chairman / Chief Global Strategist of Starbucks Corp.
  • Chairman of Walgreen Drugs
  • Co-Owner of the New Jersey Nets
  • Founder of Hooters Restaurants, President Provident Management
  • Chairman of the Board / CEO of The Gillette Company
  • Chairman / CEO of Liberty Broadcasting Network
  • Founder of Excel Communications
  • Chairman / CEO of National Pizza Company International
  • President AMFAC, Inc./Hotels and Resorts
  • Co-Founder Scientific Games, Inc.
  • President/ Vice Chairman H.R. Bresee & Co. Bank of Illinois
  • President Byers Choice Ltd.
  • President, Chairman Zieman Manufacturing Company
  • CEO & Chairman of the Board Viridian, Inc.
  • President Boreal Laboratories Ltd.
  • President & CEO Best Western International, Inc.
  • President Dartnell Group
  • Managing Partner Seidler-Fitzgerald Public Finance
  • CIO & Chairman Financial Counselors, Inc.
  • President & CEO Kimball International, Inc.
  • President & COO Monsanto Chemicals, Former CIA Deputy Director
  • Former Vice President Delta Airlines
  • Worldwide Marketing Manager Agilent Technologies
  • President of Perkins Furniture Transport, Inc.
  • President Sonic Air Couriers International
  • President & CEO Carboline Corporation
  • President Omnigraphics Inc. Publishers
  • President & CEO St. Paul Bank Corporation
  • Former President & CEO Campbell Soup Company
  • President & CEO Viron Corporation
  • Owner/ Founder Heritage House Restuarants
  • President Nyloncraft, Inc.

 

  • President of the United of America
  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice
  • U.S. Congressman
  • Florida Attorney General
  • U.S. Senator
  • Ambassador
  • Premier of Manitoba
  • U.S. Senator
  • U.S. Congressman
  • U.S. Congressman
  • Governor of Connecticut
  • Ambassador
  • U.S. Congressman
  • U.S. Congressman

 

  • President of Iowa State University
  • President of American University
  • President of Towson University
  • President of Lake Tahoe Community College
  • Chancellor of East Carolina University
  • Chancellor Pacific School of Religion
  • President of Portland State University
  • President of Shepherd College
  • Vice President of Academic Affairs Texas A&M University
  • President of Livingston Alabama University
  • President Willamette University
  • President Valley City State College, South Dakota
  • President of Northwestern State College of Louisiana
  • Former Dean of Presidents Southern Methodist University
  • Chancellor Albion College
  • Former President of Davis & Elkins College
  • President St. Josephs College, Philadelphia
  • Former President Morningside College
  • Vice President/Dean Indian Vocational Technical College
  • President Adrian College
  • President Lincoln College
  • Former President University of Idaho
  • President Northwest Missouri State University

 

  • Founder of the NFL - National Football League
  • St. John's Basketball Coach
  • NFL Star and Television Personality
  • NFL Hall of Famer and TV Analyst
  • Notre Dame Basketball Coach and TV analyst
  • NFL Star and TV Commentator
  • Professional Wrestler
  • Head NFL Football coach
  • NFL Professional Player
  • NFL Professional Player

 

  • Singer, Entertainer, Actor
  • Country Singer, Entertainer
  • Entertainer and TV Personality
  • Band Leader - TV personality
  • Director, TV and Film
  • Television Producer, voice of Charlie Brown
  • Entertainer
  • Former Actor and TV personality
  • Animated Entertainment
  • Actor
  • Pianist and arranger
  • Adult Film Actor
  • Actor
  • Vocal Group
  • Vocal Group

 

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  • Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
  • President of the American Medical Association
  • Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe
  • Author and CBS Correspondent
  • Chairman, Campbell and Company Consultants in Philanthropy
  • NASA Astronaut Commander U.S. Sky Lab IV
  • Novelist
  • Admiral, United States Navy, President of the Navy League
  • Dean, U.S. Military Academy at West Point
  • Scientist, Author, Cancer Research, Immunology, Hematology
  • Author
  • CBS Newscaster
  • Author and Columnist
  • Author
  • Editor, New York Times
  • Consulting Editor, Playboy and VIP magazines
  • President Kiwanis Foundation
  • Former President American Institute of Aerological Research
  • Author
  • Former Director U.S. Army Scientific and Technical Information
  • Developer of Synthetic Rubber, National Medal of Science
  • Undersecretary U.S. Army, President New Mexico State University
  • Playwright
  • Former Sovereign Grand Commander Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
  • Editor of Popular Mechanics Magazine, retired
  • Executive Vice President, Simon and Schuster Publishing
  • Eminent Grand Master, Encampment of Nights Templar of the U.S.A.
  • President, American Society of Metals
  • Major General, U.S. Army
  • Editor Eastern Financial Times
  • Former President, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Former Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service
  • Editor and Member of the Board of Editors for Smithsonian Magazine
  • Author

 

 

 

 

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