Some of the most distinguished men and women in the United States share one thing in common–membership in Omicron Delta Kappa.
Athletics
Valerie Ackerman
University of Virginia, 1979
Frank Beamer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, 1967
Terry Bowden
Auburn University, 1994
Paul “Bear” Bryant
University of Kentucky, 1949
Jill Ellis
William & Mary, 2019
Wilbur Hutsell
Auburn University, 1928
Archie Manning
University of Mississippi, 1970
Peyton Manning
University of Tennessee, 1997
Arnold Palmer
Wake Forest University, 1964
Gaylord Perry
Campbell University, 1978
James E. Perry
Campbell University, 1978
Homer Rice
Georgia Tech University, 1981
Adolph Rupp
University of Kentucky, 1937
Tubby Smith
University of Kentucky, 2001
Steve Spurrier
University of Florida, 1991
Dawn M. Staley
University of South Carolina, 2017
Pat Sullivan
Auburn University, 1971
Patricia S. Summitt
University of Tennessee, 1978
Business
Herman Cain
University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1990
S. Truett Cathy
Georgia State University, 1982
Richard M. DeVos
Ferris State University, 1982
Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
University of Richmond, 1963
Fred Smith
Rhodes College, 1979
Hatton C. Smith
Washington and Lee University, 1994
S. Robson Walton
University of Arkansas, 1965
Education
Warren Bennis
University of Southern California, 2003
Barry Chapman Bishop
University of Cincinnati, 1953
Ernest L. Boyer
Florida Southern College, 1991
William G. Bowen
Denison University, 1953
James MacGregor Burns
University of Maryland, College Park, 1993
Joe Clark
SUNY Plattsburgh , 1997
Howard Gardner
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1998
Susan Komives
Denison University, 1978
Michael Lomax
Dillard University, 2000
James Loewen
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1997
Kenneth Ruscio
Washington and Lee University, 1975
John Thelin
University of Kentucky, 2000
Cornel West
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1998
Arts and Entertainment
Rockwell Blake
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1988
Bennett Cerf
Florida Southern College, 1967
Tom Chapin
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1992
Pat Conroy
Auburn University at Montgomery, 1997
Sheryl Crow
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1983
Jean-Michael Cousteau
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
James Dickey
University of South Carolina, 1970
Susan Faludi
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Bob Hope
Tulane University, 1964
Betty Mahmoody
Ferris State University, 1992
Jeanne Robertson
Auburn University, 1990
Tom Wolfe
Washington and Lee University, 1999
Government and Public Service
George W. Ball
American University, 1964
Haley Barbour
University of Mississippi, 1972
Birch E. Bayh
Purdue University, 1965
Griffin Bell
Mercer University, 2007
Steve Beshear
University of Kentucky, 1965
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
University of Delaware, 1981
Michael Bloomberg
Johns Hopkins University, 1964
George H. W. Bush
Harding University, 1997
Jimmy Carter
Georgia State University, 1972
Lauro Cavazos
Texas Tech University, 1981
Elaine Chao
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Shirley Chisholm
SUNY Plattsburgh 1990
Raymond Chretien
SUNY Plattsburgh 1996
Winston S. Churchill, III
Florida Southern College, 1990
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Alfred University, 2000
Joycelyn Elders
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Gordon R. England
University of Maryland, College Park, 1961
Gerald R. Ford
Florida Southern College, 1984
J. William Fulbright
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1965
Tim Kaine
University of Missouri, 1978
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1995
Christopher Kraft
Virginia Tech University, 1965
Madeleine M. Kunin
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1989
Li Lu
East Tennessee State University, 1992
George McGovern
American University, 1981
Walter Mondale
University of South Carolina, 1981
Naomi E. Morris
Campbell University, 1983
Wes Moore
Johns Hopkins University, 1999
F. Story Musgrave
University of Kentucky, 1984
Richard M. Nixon
Duke University, 1951
Louis F. Powell
Washington and Lee University, 1928
Franklin D. Roosevelt
University of Maryland, College Park, 1940
Dean Rusk
Davidson College, 1930
Jehan Sadat
University of South Carolina, 1985
Margaret Thatcher
Harding University, 1995
Dick Thornburgh
University of Pittsburgh, 1996
Stansfield Turner
University of Maryland, College Park, 1992
Wernher Von Braun
Grove City College, 1961
Sarah Weddington
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1995
Journalism and Mass Media
Ann Compton
University of Maryland, College Park, 2006
Walter Cronkite
Florida Southern College, 1979
Joe Johns
Marshall University, 1979
Roger Mudd
Washington and Lee University, 1966
Monica Pearson
Emory University, 1995
Michael G. Riley
Wake Forest University, 1981
Cokie Roberts
University of Akron, 1995
Susan Rook
East Tennessee State University, 1994
Michae P. Seidel
Salisbury University
George F. Will
Washington and Lee University, 1993
Medicine
Michael Debakey
Baylor University, 1967
Joseph L. Goldstein
Washington and Lee University, 1961
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh, 1954
Luther L. Terry
Tulane University, 1961
