Some of the most distinguished people in the United States share one thing in common – membership in Omicron Delta Kappa. Read below to learn about our members who are or were significantly accomplished in one or more areas of professional achievement.
Athletics
Valerie “Val” B. Ackerman
University of Virginia, 1979
Mitch Barnhart
University of Kentucky, 2017
William “Bill” R. Battle, III
University of Alabama, 1962
Frank M. Beamer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 1967
Terry W. Bowden
Auburn University, 1994
Thomas” Tom” M. Bowen
University of Memphis, 2014
Paul “Bear” Bryant
University of Kentucky, 1949
James “Jim” L. Caldwell
Wake Forest University, 1995
Robert Joshua Dobbs
University of Tennessee, 2016
Jillian “Jill” Anne Ellis
William & Mary, 2019
Mark A. Emmert
Louisiana State University, 2002
Wilbur H. Hutsell
Auburn University, 1928
Robert “Bobby” L. Jackson
Samford University, 1960
Michael “Mike” W. London, Sr.
University of Richmond, 2009
Elisha Archibald “Archie” Manning
University of Mississippi, 1970
Peyton W. Manning
University of Tennessee, 1997
Dulymus “Deuce” J. McAllister
University of Holy Cross, 2020
Lee A. McElroy, Jr.
University at Albany, 2004
Arnold D. Palmer
Wake Forest University, 1964
Gaylord Perry
Campbell University, 1978
James “Jim” E. Perry
Campbell University, 1978
Frank M. Reich
University of Maryland, College Park, 1983
Homer C. Rice
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981
Myron L. Rolle
Florida State University, 2008
Adolph F. Rupp
University of Kentucky, 1937
Orlando “Tubby” Smith
University of Kentucky, 2001
Stephen “Steve” O. Spurrier
University of Florida, 1991
Dawn M. Staley
University of South Carolina, 2017
Patrick “Pat” J. Sullivan
Auburn University, 1971
Patricia “Pat” S. Summitt
University of Tennessee, 1978
Shannon N. Vreeland
University of Georgia
Business
Herman Cain
University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1990
S. Truett Cathy
Georgia State University, 1982
Paul W. Chellgren
University of Kentucky, 1963
Joyel E. Crawford
Elon University, 1996
Richard M. DeVos
Ferris State University, 1982
Darrell W. Gurney
University of Texas at Austin, 1983
Robert S. Jepson
University of Richmond, 1963
David A. Jones
University of Louisville, 1953
Frederick W. Smith
Rhodes College, 1979
Hatton C. V. Smith
Washington and Lee University, 1994
Paul A. Vlasic
Rollins College, 1992
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, Entertainment, and Creative Writing
Rockwell R. Blake
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1988
Karin Boesler
Kent State University 1987
Tallie L. Brinson
Florida A&M University, 2008
Yvette Nicole Brown
University of Akron, 1993
Bennett A. Cerf
Florida Southern College, 1967
Tom Chapin
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1992
Tara Dawn Holland Christensen
Florida State University, 1993
D. Patrick Conroy
Auburn University at Montgomery, 1997
Jean-Michael “Jacques” Cousteau
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Sheryl S. Crow
University of Missouri, Columbia, 1983
Carolyn Sapp Daniels
Concordia University Irvine, 2020
C. Alex Daniels
University of South Carolina – Columbia, 1976
James L. Dickey
University of South Carolina – Columbia, 1970
Rodney A. Essig
University of Kentucky, 2002
Susan Faludi
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Kenneth D. Fuchs
University of Miami, 1977
Winston F. Groom
University of Alabama, 1964
Karen J. Head
Oglethorpe University, 1997
Janis E. Hirsch
Rollins College, 2013
David E. Hoffman
University of Delaware, 1974
Leslie Townes “Bob” Hope
Tulane University, 2013
Elizabeth Kolbert
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2009
Betty Mahmoody
Ferris State University, 1992
Mark McClafferty
University of Delaware, 1971
David McCullough
Washington and Lee University, 2003
W. Drew Perkins
Washington and Lee University, 1984
Robert J. Peters
Oklahoma State University, 1983
Jeanne S. Robertson
Auburn University, 1990
Tom Wolfe
Washington and Lee University, 1999
Journalism and Mass Media
Ann Compton
University of Maryland, College Park, 2006
Walter Cronkite
Florida Southern College, 1979
David E. Hoffman
University of Delaware, 1974
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
Michael P. Seidel
Salisbury University
George F. Will
Washington and Lee University, 1993
Science and Medicine
Barry C. Bishop
University of Cincinnati, 1954
Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
University of Houston – Clear Lake, 2004
Rick A. Bright
Auburn University Montgomery, 1996
Michael E. DeBakey
Baylor University, 1967
Joycelyn Elders
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
David C. Fajgenbaum
Georgetown University, 2007
Joseph L. Goldstein
Washington and Lee University, 1961
Robert M. MacQueen
Rhodes College, 1960
G. David Low
Washington and Lee University, 1988
Edgar D. Mitchell
Carnegie Mellon University, 1951
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh, 1954
Erisa Hines Stilley
University of Miami, 2001
Luther L. Terry
Tulane University, 1961
Jill M. Tiefenthaler
Wake Forest University, 2010
Government and Public Service
Presidents of the United States
Joseph R. Biden
University of Delaware, 1981
Franklin D. Roosevelt *
University of Maryland, College Park, 1940
Richard M. Nixon *
Duke University, 1951
Gerald R. Ford *
Florida Southern College, 1994
James E. Carter
Georgia State University, 1972
George H. W. Bush *
Harding University, 1997
U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Amy Coney Barrett
Rhodes College, 1993
Hugo L. Black
University of Alabama, 1969
Abe Fortas
Rhodes College, 1929
Arthur J. Goldberg
Illinois State Universit1y, 1966
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Washington and Lee University, 1928
Current U.S. Senators
William “Bill” M. Cassidy
Louisiana State University, 2010
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
SUNY Plattsburgh, 2012
Charles “Chuck” E. Grassley
University of Northern Iowa, 2003
Timothy “Tim” M. Kaine
University of Missouri – Columbia, 1978
A. M. “Mitch” McConnell, Jr.
University of Louisville, 1963
Gary C. Peters
Alma College, 1979
Mark R. Warner
George Washington University, 1995
Roger F. Wicker
University of Mississippi, 1972
Current U.S. Representatives
Lloyd A. Doggett
University of Texas at Austin
Ronald “Ron” G. Estes
Tennessee Technological University, 1977
Steny H. Hoyer
University of Maryland, College Park, 1962
Richard L. Hudson, Jr.
University of North Carolina Charlotte, 1994
Jeffrey N. Jackson
Emory University, 2003
Dustin “Dusty” M. Johnson
University of South Dakota, 1998
David F. Kustoff
University of Memphis, 1987
Robert “Bob” E. Latta
Bowling Green State University, 1995
Zachary “Zach” M. Nunn
Drake University, 2001
John W. Rose
Tennessee Technological University, 1987
Deborah “Debbie” Wasserman Schultz
University of Florida, 1989
Elise M. Stefanik
SUNY Plattsburgh, 2015
Brad R. Wenstrup
University of Cincinnati, 1979
Other Leaders in Government
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
Michael Bloomberg
Johns Hopkins University, 1964
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
John Bel Edwards
Louisiana State University, 2022
Joycelyn Elders
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Gordon R. England
University of Maryland, College Park, 1961
Anthony R. Foxx
Davidson College, 2006
J. William Fulbright
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1965
Robert M. Gates
William and Mary, 2015
Charles “Chuck” T. Hagel
University of Nebraska – Omaha, 2009
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
Justus K. Ndoto
Drake University, 1964
Franklin D. Roosevelt
University of Maryland, College Park, 1940
Dean Rusk
Davidson College, 1930
Jehan Sadat
University of South Carolina, 1985
Donna E. Shalala
University of Miami, 2002
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
