List of Tau Beta Pi members

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Tau Beta Pi is an American honor society for engineering.[1] It was formed at Lehigh University in June 1885.[1] Following are some of Tau Beta Pi's notable members.

Academia

Presidents and chancellors

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Arthur S. Adams Colorado Alpha, 1918 president of the University of New Hampshire [2]
Robert Altenkirch Pennsylvania Theta, 1973 president of University of Alabama in Huntsville and the New Jersey Institute of Technology [2]
George S. Ansell New York Gamma, 1954 president of the Colorado School of Mines and senior chief executive in the Colorado higher education system [2][3][4]
Bill L. Atchley Missouri Beta, 1957 president of Clemson University and the University of the Pacific [2][5][6][7]
David H. Auston New Jersey Alpha, 1962 president of the Case Western Reserve University [2]
Manuel Ayau Louisiana Alpha founder and first rector of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín [8]
Brown Ayres New Jersey Alpha, 1878 president of the University of Tennessee [2]
Merl Baker Kentucky Alpha, 1945 president of the University of Missouri-Rolla [2][9][10]
Thomas Baker Pennsylvania Gamma, 1891 second president of Carnegie Mellon University [2]
Warren J. Baker Michigan Delta, 1960 president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo [2]
Harry Yandell Benedict Texas Alpha, 1892 president of the University of Texas at Austin [2]
Amine Bensaid Florida Gamma president of Al Akhawayn University [11]
Daniel Berg New York Gamma, 1950 president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
Charles R. Bergmann New Jersey Gamma, 1935 president of the New Jersey Institute of Technology [2][12]
Theodore A. Bickart Maryland Alpha, 1957 president of the Colorado School of Mines [2][13]
Harold S. Boardman Maine Alpha, 1895 president of the University of Maine [2][14]
Frank C. Bolton Texas Delta, 1905 president of Texas A&M University [2][15]
Carl W. Borgmann Colorado Beta, 1927 president of the University of Vermont [2][16]
Ray M. Bowen Texas Delta, 1958 President of Texas A&M University and president of Oklahoma State University [2]
Daniel J. Bradley Oklahoma Beta, 1983 president of Indiana State University and Fairmont State University [2]
John C. Bravman California Gamma, 1979 president of Bucknell University [2]
William R. Brody Massachusetts Beta, 1965 president of the Johns Hopkins University [2]
Arthur Bronwell Illinois Gamma, 1933 president of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute [2]
John Lott Brown Florida Gamma, 1945 president of the University of South Florida [2]
Jesse E. Buchanan Washington Beta, 1927 president of the University of Idaho [2][17]
George Bugliarello New York Rho, 1951 chancellor of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU [2]
Marion LeRoy Burton Michigan Gamma, 1900 president of Smith College, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Michigan [2]
John F. Carney Connecticut Beta, 1963 chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology [2]
Anthony Catanese Michigan Epsilon, 1963 president of the Florida Institute of Technology and Florida Atlantic University [2]
A. Ramond Chamberlain Michigan Alpha, 1951 president of Colorado State University [2][18][19][20]
Jean-Lou Chameau Georgia Alpha, 1977 president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the California Institute of Technology [2]
David C. Chang California Alpha, 1956 president of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU [2][21]
G. Wayne Clough Virginia Beta, 1964 president emeritus of Georgia Tech [2]
Jared Cohon Maryland Alpha, 1969 president of Carnegie Mellon University [2]
Karl Taylor Compton Massachusetts Beta, 1908 president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2]
Dale R. Corson New York Delta, 1934 president of Cornell University [2]
William B. Cottingham Indiana Alpha, 1955 president of Kettering University [2][22]
Edmund Cranch New Jersey Gamma, 1944 president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute [2]
John Patrick Crecine Pennsylvania Gamma, 1961 president of Georgia Tech [2]
Allan Cullimore New Jersey Gamma, 1907 president of New Jersey Institute of Technology [2]
David E. Daniel Texas Alpha, 1972 president of the University of Texas at Dallas and deputy chancellor of the University of Texas System [2]
Harvey N. Davis Massachusetts Gamma, 1901 president of Stevens Institute of Technology [2]
Jess H. Davis Ohio Gamma, 1928 president of Stevens Institute of Technology [2]
Beaumont Davison Tennessee Beta, 1950 president of Tri-State University [2][23]
Thomas B. Day California Xi, 1952 president of San Diego State University [2]
Fred W. DeMoney Illinois Beta, 1941 president of Montana Technological University [2][24]
Denice Denton Washington Alpha, 1982 chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz [2]
Grover C. Dillman Michigan Alpha, 1913 president of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology [2]
Robert E. Doherty Illinois Alpha, 1909 president of Carnegie Mellon University [2]
Henry Sturgis Drinker Pennsylvania Alpha, 1871 president of Lehigh University [2]
Thomas Messinger Drow Pennsylvania Alpha, 1859 president of Lehigh University [2]
Lee Alvin DuBridge California Beta, 1922 president of the California Institute of Technology [2]
James Duderstadt Connecticut Alpha, 1964 president of the University of Michigan [2]
Gano Dunn New York Alpha, 1891 president of Cooper Union [2]
G. Brooks Earnest Ohio Alpha, 1927 president of Fenn College [2]
Carl Ell Massachusetts Epsilon, 1911 president of Northeastern University [2]
Thomas Eugene Everhart Illinois Alpha, 1953 chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and president of the California Institute of Technology [25]
Livingston Farrand Colorado Beta, 1888 president of Cornell University and the University of Colorado Boulder [2]
Gregory C. Farrington Pennsylvania Delta, 1968 president of Lehigh University and executive director of the California Academy of Sciences [2]
Saul Fenster New Jersey Gamma, 1953 president of New Jersey Institute of Technology [2]
Gregory L. Fenves New York Delta, 1979 president of Emory University and the University of Texas at Austin [26]
Raymond L. Fitz Ohio Theta, 1964 president of the University of Dayton [2][27]
James C. Fletcher Utah Alpha, 1940 Administrator of NASA and president of the University of Utah [2]
James D. Foley Pennsylvania Alpha professor of telecommunications at Georgia Tech
Richard G. Folsom California Beta, 1928 president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
C. Clement French Pennsylvania Delta, 1922 president of Washington State University [2]
Robert R. Furgason Idaho Alpha, 1956 president of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi [2][28]
Clifford Furnas Indiana Alpha, 1922 first president of the University at Buffalo and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering [29][30]
Richard H. Gallagher Arizona Alpha, 1950 president of Clarkson University [2]
John Gallalee Virginia Alpha, 1911 president of the University of Alabama [2]
William S. Gaither Pennsylvania Zeta, 1956 president of Drexel University [26]
Alice Gast California Delta, 1980 president of Imperial College London [2]
Gibb Gilchrist Texas Delta, 1909 president of Texas A&M University [2]
Robert C. Gillespie West Virginia Beta, 1964 president of the West Virginia Institute of Technology [2][31]
Marvin Leonard Goldberger Pennsylvania Gamma, 1943 president of the California Institute of Technology [2]
Brage Golding Indiana Alpha, 1941 president of Wright State University, California State University, San Diego State University, and Kent State University [2][32][33][34]
Richard J. Gowen New Jersey Beta, 1957 president of Dakota State College and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology [2][35]
John W. Graham Jr. Ohio Gamma, 1939 president of Clarkson College of Technology [2][36]
Paul E. Gray Massachusetts Beta, 1954 president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2]
Harvey H. Grice Ohio Gamma, 1937 president of Graceland College [2][37]
Richard J. Grosh Indiana Alpha, 1950 president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
Les Guice Louisiana Gamma, 1978 president of Louisiana Tech University [2]
William W. Hagerty Delaware Alpha, 1939 president of Drexel University [2]
Jim Halligan Iowa Alpha, 1962 president of New Mexico State University and Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma Senate [2]
Arthur G. Hansen Indiana Alpha, 1947 president of Purdue University and chancellor of the Texas A&M University System [2]
Patrick T. Harker Pennsylvania Delta, 1981 president of University of Delaware, dean of the Wharton School, and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia [2]
John W. Harrelson North Carolina Alpha, 1909 first chancellor of North Carolina State University [2]
Marion T. Harrington Texas Delta, 1922 president of Georgia Tech [2][38]
Edwin D. Harrison Virginia Beta, 1948 president of Georgia Tech [2]
William Hazell New Jersey Gamma, 1930 president of the Newark College of Engineering [2]
George W. Hazzard Massachusetts Alpha, 1936 president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute [2][39]
Henry Townley Heald Washington Beta, 1923 first president of Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ford Foundation [2]
Joseph J. Helble Pennsylvania Alpha, 1982 president of Lehigh University [40]
John L. Hennessy Pennsylvania Theta, 1973 president of Stanford University and chairman of Alphabet Inc. [26]
Richard Herman New Jersey Alpha, 1963 chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2]
Ira Nelson Hollis Massachusetts Alpha,1899 president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute [2]
William O. Hotchkiss Wisconsin Alpha, 1903 president of Michigan Technological University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
Livingston W. Houston New York Gamma, 1913 president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
William V. Houston California Beta, 1920 president of Rice University [2]
Frederick L. Hovde Minnesota Alpha, 1929 president of Purdue University [2]
Charles S. Howe Ohio Alpha, 1878 president of Case School of Applied Science [2]
Eugene J. Howell Texas Delta, 1922 president of Tarleton State University [2][41]
Samuel Hulbert Louisiana Beta, 1958 president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology [2]
Charles E. Hummel Connecticut Alpha, 1943 president of Barrington College [2]
Alexander Crombie Humphreys New Jersey Alpha, 1881 president of the Stevens Institute of Technology [2]
J. Charles Jennett South Carolina Alpha, 1963 president of Texas A&M International University [2][42][43]
Martin C. Jischke Iowa Alpha, 1963 president of Purdue University [2]
James E. A. John Maryland Beta, 1955 president of Kettering University [2][44][45]
Kristina M. Johnson North Carolina Gamma, 1981 chancellor of the State University of New York and president of Ohio State University [46]
Fayette A. Jones Missouri Beta,1892 president of the New Mexico School of Mines [2][47]
Russel C. Jones Pennsylvania Gamma, 1957 president of the University of Delaware [2][48][49][50]
Thomas F. Jones Mississippi Alpha, 1939 president of the University of South Carolina [2]
Vikram Kapoor Ohio Zeta, 1966 president of the University of Toledo [2][51][52][53]
Robert L. Ketter Missouri Alpha, 1950 president of the University at Buffalo [2]
James Rhyne Killian Massachusetts Beta, 1926 president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [54]
Edward T. Kirkpatrick New York Kappa, 1947 president of Wentworth Institute of Technology [2][55]
Maria Klawe California Omega, 1973 president of Harvey Mudd College [26]
John A. Klekotka Pennsylvania Theta, 1935 president of Villanova University [2][56][57]
Asa S. Knowles Ohio Zeta, 1928 president of the University of Toledo and Northeastern University [2]
Bill N. Lacy New York Iota, 1955 president of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the State University of New York at Purchase [2]
Laurence H. Lattman Utah Alpha, 1948 president of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [2][58][59][60]
Tod A. Laursen Oregon Alpha, 1986 chancellor of American University of Sharjah [2]
Deming Lewis Pennsylvania Alpha, 1935 president of Lehigh University [2]
Peter Likins California Gamma, 1957 president of Lehigh University and the University of Arizona [2]
John A. Logan Illinois Gamma, 1929 president of Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology [2][61][62]
John Henry MacCracken Pennsylvania Epsilon, 1894 president of Westminster College and Lafayette College [2]
John Marburger New York Omicron, 1962 president of Stony Brook University and director of Brookhaven National Laboratory [29]
Joseph M. Marchello Maryland Beta, 1955 president of Old Dominion University [2][63][64]
Thomas Lyle Martin Jr. Arizona Alpha, 1942 president of the Illinois Institute of Technology [2]
Fujio Matsuda Indiana Beta, 1949 president of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa [2]
Gerald W. May Illinois Delta, 1962 president of the University of New Mexico [2][65][66]
Guy T. McBride Texas Alpha, 1940 president of the Colorado School of Mines [2]
T. Dwayne McCay Alpha Alpha, 1968 president and CEO of the Florida Institute of Technology [67][68]
Charles J. Merdinger New York Gamma, 1945 president of Washington College [2][69][70][71]
Carolyn Meyers North Carolina Epsilon, 1963 president of Jackson State University and Norfolk State University [72]
Richard Miller California Lambda, 1971 founding president of Olin College [40]
William F. Miller California Alpha, 1949 professor emeritus, president, and provost of Stanford University; president and CEO of SRI International [25]
Larry K. Monteith North Carolina Alpha, 1960 chancellor of North Carolina State University [2]
John H. Moore Michigan Gamma, 1958 president of Grove City College and deputy director of the National Science Foundation [2][73][74][75]
C. Daniel Mote Jr. California Alpha, 1959 president emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering and president of the University of Maryland, College Park [2]
Wendell Nedderman Texas Delta, 1943 president of the University of Texas at Arlington [2]
John Lloyd Newcomb Virginia Alpha, 1903 president of the University of Virginia [2]
Constantine Papadakis Michigan Gamma, 1973 president of Drexel University [2]
Edward A. Parrish Virginia Alpha, 1964 president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute [2][76]
Fay L. Partlo Michigan Beta, 1923 president of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology [2][77]
Maryly Van Leer Peck Tennessee Beta president of Polk Community College [78]
G. P. "Bud" Peterson Kansas Gamma, 1975 president of Georgia Tech [2]
Joseph M. Pettit California Alpha, 1937 president of Georgia Tech [2]
Percy A. Pierre District of Columbia Alpha, 1961 president of Prairie View A&M University [2]
R. Byron Pipes Pennsylvania Zeta, 1964 president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
Karl S. Pister California Alpha, 1945 chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz [2]
Kenneth Pitzer California Beta, 1935 president of Rice University and Stanford University [2]
David V. Ragone Massachusetts Beta, 1951 president of Case Western Reserve University [2]
Roland C. Rautenstraus Colorado Beta, 1946 president of the University of Colorado Boulder [2][79][80]
L. Rafael Reif president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [81]
Dan Reneau Louisiana Gamma, 1963 president of Louisiana Tech University [2]
John Rettaliata Illinois Beta, 1932 president of Illinois Institute of Technology [2]
Charles R. Richards Indiana Alpha, 1890 president of Lehigh University [2][82][83]
Henry E. Riggs California Gamma, 1958 president of Harvey Mudd College and founding president of Keck Graduate Institute [2]
Harold P. Rodes Michigan Zeta, 1941 president of Bradley University and General Motors Institute [2][84][85]
Harry S. Rogers Oregon Alpha, 1914 president of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn [2][86][87]
Steven Sample Illinois Alpha, 1962 president of the University of Southern California [2]
Timothy Sands president of Virginia Tech
Richard Schleusener South Dakota Alpha, 1949 president of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology [2][88][89]
Herman Schneider Ohio Beta, 1894 president of the University of Cincinnati [2]
Myles W. Scoggins Oklahoma Beta president of the Colorado School of Mines
Frederick Seitz Illinois Alpha, 1932 president of Rockefeller University and the National Academy of Sciences [2]
Raymond L. Smith Michigan Beta, 1943 president of the Michigan Technological University [2][90][91][92]
William T. Snyder Tennessee Alpha, 1954 chancellor of the University of Tennessee [2]
Herbert L. Spencer Pennsylvania Eta, 1921 president of Bucknell University [2][93][94]
Robert Gordon Sproul California Alpha, 1913 president of the University of California system and University of California, Berkeley [2]
Dale F. Stein Michigan Beta, 1958 president of Michigan Technological University [2][95][96]
Julius Adams Stratton Massachusetts Beta, 1923 president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2]
Jon Strauss Massachusetts Alpha, 1959 president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Harvey Mudd College, Manhattanville College, and Bainbridge Graduate Institute [2]
Robert L. Sumwalt Delaware Alpha, 1918 president of the University of South Carolina [2]
Gary Thomas New Jersey Gamma, 1960 president of Missouri University of Science and Technology [2]
Elihu Thomson Massachusetts Beta, 1870 president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2]
Lee T. Todd Jr. Kentucky Alpha, 1968 president of the University of Kentucky [2]
Curtis J. Tompkins West Virginia Alpha, 1965 president of Michigan Technological University [2][97][98]
Paul Torgersen Virginia Beta, 1953 president of Virginia Tech [2]
Jerald A. Tunheim South Dakota Beta, 1962 president of Dakota State University [2][99][100]
Robert Van Houten New Jersey Gamma, 1930 president of New Jersey Institute of Technology [2]
Blake R. Van Leer North Carolina Alpha, 1915 president of Georgia Tech [2]
J. Robert Van Pelt Michigan Beta, 1922 president of the Montana School of Mines and Michigan Technological University [2][101]
Gordon Van Wylen Michigan Gamma, 1942 president of Hope College [2]
Charles M. Vest West Virginia Alpha, 1963 president of the National Academy of Engineering and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [26]
Hermann Viets New York Zeta, 1965 president of Milwaukee School of Engineering [2]
James W. Wagner Delaware Alpha, 1975 president of Emory University [2]
Eric A. Walker Massachusetts Gamma, 1932 president of Pennsylvania State University [2]
John Warner Pennsylvania Gamma, 1919 president of Carnegie Institute of Technology [2]
Ernst Webe New York Zeta, 1923 president of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn [2]
Martin D. Whitaker Pennsylvania Alpha, 1927 president of Lehigh University [2]
John A. White Georgia Alpha, 1962 chancellor of the University of Arkansas [2]
John F. White Rhode Island Beta, 1963 president of Cooper Union [2]
William E. Wickenden Ohio Alpha, 1904 president of Case School of Applied Science [2]
Jerome Wiesner, Michigan Gamma, 1937 president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2]
Arthur Cutts Willard Massachusetts Beta, 1893 president of the University of Illinois [2]
James H. Woodward Georgia Alpha, 1961 chancellor of University of North Carolina at Charlotte [2]
Henry T. Yang Indiana Alpha, 1962 chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara [2]
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Vice presidents and provosts

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Arthur E. Humphrey Idaho Alpha, 1948 provost and vice president of Lehigh University; dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering [1]
Lawrence Lau vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and economics professor at Stanford University [102]
George Pake Pennsylvania Gamma, 1945 physics professor and provost at Washington University in St. Louis and research executive who helped Xerox PARC [103]
Frederick Terman California Gamma, 1920 provost from 1955 to 1965 at Stanford University; dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering [103]
Sharon L. Wood executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin [104]
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Deans

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Comfort A. Adams Massachusetts Gamma, 1928 faculty and dean of the engineering school at Harvard College [105]
Eugene M. DeLoatch District of Columbia Alpha, 1959 professor and dean of the School of Engineering at Morgan State University [106]
Daniel C. Drucker New York Alpha, 1938 civil and mechanical engineer who taught at Brown University and dean of engineering at the University of Illinois [107]
Jonathan F. Earle professor and associate dean at the University of Florida College of Engineering [108]
James Kip Finch professor, chairman, and dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University [109]
Elmer L. Gaden New York Alpha, 1944 professor emeritus of chemical engineering at the University of Virginia and founder and department chair of biochemical engineering at Columbia University; dean of Columbia's College of Engineering, mathematics, and business administration [110]
Harold S. Goldberg New York Iota, 1944 associate dean of the Gordon Institute [40]
William E. Gordon New York Delta, 1939 dean and professor of space physics and astronomy and electrical and computer engineering at Rice University [111]
John H. L. Hansen professor of electrical engineering and associate dean for research in Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science [112]
William B. Kouwenhoven Maryland Alpha, 1906 professor and dean at the Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering who developed the cardiac defibrillator [111]
Karl W. Reid Massachusetts Beta chief inclusion officer of Northeastern University and associate dean at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [113]
Hunter Rouse Massachusetts Beta, 1929 professor and dean of the College of Engineering at University of Iowa [107]
Athlestan Spilhaus New York Epsilon, 1931 geophysicist, oceanographer, dean of the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology [111]
Chauncey Starr California Epsilon, 1932 dean of the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science; founder and first president of the Electric Power Research Institute [114]
John Roy Whinnery California Alpha, 1937 professor and chairman of the Electric Engineering Department and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley [25]
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Department directors and chairs

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Alex Bekker 1983 professor and chair at the Department of Anesthesiology of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School [115]
Harold Bunger Georgia Alpha, 1938 head of Georgia Tech's chemistry department [116]
Rory A. Cooper professor and chair in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh [117]
Charles Stark Draper Massachusetts Beta, 1922 founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory [103]
Larry Druffel director emeritus at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Russell Dupuis Illinois Alpha, 1970 chair in electro-optics in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech [118]
Clive Dym Massachusetts Zeta, 1962 professor emeritus and former chair of the engineering department at Harvey Mudd College [40]
William Littell Everitt New York Delta, 1921 professor and department head of electrical engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [111]
Nick Holonyak Illinois Alpha, 1950 chair in electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; invented the semiconductor laser diode while with General Electric [46]
Donald L. Katz Michigan Gamma, 1931 professor and chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. [103]
Wilbur R. LePage New York Delta professor and department chair of electrical and computer engineering at Syracuse University [119]
Nathan M. Newmark New Jersey Beta, 1930 head of the University of Illinois Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, considered one of the founding fathers of earthquake engineering [103]
Earl R. Parker Colorado Alpha, 1935 chair of the material sciences department and director of engineering research at the University of California, Berkeley [103]
Thomas H. Pigford Georgia Alpha, 1943 professor and the founding chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley [111]
Robert P. Sharp California Beta, 1934 geomorphologist and the chairman of the Division of Geological Sciences at California Institute of Technology [103]
Herbert A. Simon Pennsylvania Zeta, 1950 professor of administration and chairman of the Department of Industrial Management at Carnegie Institute of Technology [103]
Sean Solomon California Beta, 1966 director of the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and professor of earth and planetary science of Columbia University [103]
James Thorp New York Delta, 1959 head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech [120]
Myron Tribus California Epsilon, 1949 director of the Center for Advanced Engineering Study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [29]
Himie Voxman Iowa Beta, 1933 director of the School of Music at the University of Iowa [121]
Charles Hyle Warren Connecticut Alpha professor and the chair of geology at Yale University and dean at the Sheffield Scientific School [122]
Everard Mott Williams professor and head of the Electrical Engineering Department and Carnegie Mellon University
Abel Wolman Maryland Alpha, 1915 professor and chair of the Department of Sanitary Engineering at Johns Hopkins University; chief engineer of the Maryland State Department of Health [103]
Ronald R. Yager director of the Machine Intelligence Institute and professor of information systems at Iona College
Charles Zukowski professor and former chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University [123]
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Professors and faculty

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Lilia Ann Abron DC Alpha professor at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia [124]
Andreas Acrivos New York Beta, 1950 professor emeritus of science and engineering at the City College of New York [103]
Massoud Amin Massachusetts Zeta professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota [125]
Albert Babb Washington Alpha, 1948 professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin who created the portable dialysis machine [111][126][127][128]
Arthur Baggeroer emeritus professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [129]
Constantine A. Balanis electrical engineer and professor at Arizona State University [130]
John D. Baldeschwieler New York Delta, 1956 professor emeritus of chemistry at California Institute of Technology [103]
Issa Batarseh Illinois Zeta, 1985 professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida [67]
Manson Benedict Massachusetts Beta, 1928 professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [107]
Toby Berger Connecticut Alpha information theorist and professor at the University of Virginia and Cornell University [131]
Robert Byron Bird Massachusetts Beta, 1944 professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison [103]
Denis Blackmore mathematician and professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology
John H. Booske Pennsylvania Beta professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tom Byers California Alpha, 1975 professor at Stanford University [40]
Siu-Wai Chan 1979 professor at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science [132]
Yet-Ming Chiang Massachusetts Beta, 1980 materials scientist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [111]
Edith Clarke Texas Alpha, 2019 the first female professor of electrical engineering in the United States [133][134]
Ray William Clough Washington Alpha, 1942 professor of structural engineering at the University of California, Berkeley [120]
Morris Cohen Minnesota Alpha, 1934 Professor of physical metallurgy and an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [103]
Edward F. Crawley Massachusetts Beta, 1976 professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [40]
Charles Dalziel professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley
Tapan K. Datta Michigan Epsilon civil engineering professor at Wayne State University
Ernest R. Davidson Indiana Beta, 1958 professor of chemistry at the University of Washington and Indiana University-Bloomington [103]
Bascom S. Deaver professor and assistant chairman for undergraduate studies of the physics department at the University of Virginia
Jacob Pieter Den Hartog Massachusetts Gamma, 1924 professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [111]
Mildred Dresselhaus South Carolina Gamma, 1951 nanotechnologist and institute professor of physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog [46]
Harry George Drickamer Michigan Gamma, 1941 professor of chemical engineering, chemistry, and physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [103]
Doc Edgerton Massachusetts Beta, 1929 professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and pioneer in ultra-high-speed photography [103]
William Alden Edson engineering professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, and Stanford University [citation needed]
Bruce Eisenstein professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University [135]
Wolt Fabrycky professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering at Virginia Tech [136]
Robert Fischell North Carolina Gamma, 1951 biotechnology inventor with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [111]
John W. Fisher Missouri Gamma, 1956 professor emeritus of civil engineering at Lehigh University [107]
James L. Flanagan Mississippi Alpha, 1948 vice president for research at Rutgers University [54]
Jay Wright Forrester Massachusetts Beta, 1939 computer engineer, management theorist, systems scientist, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management [133]
Eli Fromm Pennsylvania Zeta, 1962 professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University [137]
Robert G. Gallager Pennsylvania Delta, 1953 professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog [54]
Richard D. Gitlin New York Eta, 1964 professor at the University of South Florida [67]
Shafi Goldwasser Pennsylvania Gamma, 1979 professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing [120]
Lois Graham professor of thermodynamics and cryogenics at the Illinois Institute of Technology [138]
Harry B. Gray California Beta, 1957 professor of chemistry at California Institute of Technology [120]
Ernest Lenard Hall professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and computer science at the University of Cincinnati [139]
Steven Ray Hall professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [140]
Roger F. Harrington New York Beta, 1948 electrical engineer and professor emeritus at Syracuse University [120]
Wesley L. Harris Virginia Alpha, 1963 professor of aeronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [141]
Hermann A. Haus Massachusetts Beta, 1948 physicist, electrical engineer, and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [103]
Obed Crosby Haycock professor and researcher at the University of Utah
Martin Hellman New York Epsilon, 1966 professor at Stanford University who co-developed public-key cryptography [54]
Lawrence Paul Horwitz New York Epsilon professor of physics at Tel Aviv University [142]
Hoyt C. Hottel Massachusetts Beta, 1922 professor in the department of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [107]
George W. Housner California Beta, 1933 professor of earthquake engineering at the California Institute of Technology [111]
Frederick Vinton Hunt Ohio Gamma professor at Harvard University who worked in the field of acoustic engineering [143]
Esmaiel Jabbari 2006 professor of chemical engineering at the University of South Carolina [144]
Riki Kobayashi professor of chemical engineering at Rice University [145]
Robert S. Langer New York Delta, 1970 professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [46][146]
Joseph Nisbet LeConte California Alpha, 1892 professor of analytical mechanics at the University of California, Berkeley; explorer of the Sierra Nevada; and cartographer [111]
Luna Leopold Wisconsin Alpha, 1936 professor emeritus in geology and landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley; hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey [120]
Warren K. Lewis Massachusetts Beta, 1905 professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology considered the father of modern chemical engineering [107]
Hans W. Liepmann California Beta, 1938 emeritus professor of aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology [103]
Tung-Yen Lin California Alpha, 1931 structural engineer and professor at the University of California, Berkeley [103]
R. Duncan Luce Massachusetts Beta, 1945 professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine; known for work in the field of mathematical psychology [103]
Calvin Mackie professor at the University of Michigan and Tulane University [147]
James Massey Massachusetts Beta, 1960 cryptographer and professor emeritus of digital technology at ETH Zurich [54]
Raymond D. Mindlin New York Alpha, 1932 professor of applied science at Columbia University [103]
Chiang Ti Ming California Beta particle physicist and child prodigy associated with Cornell University and Harvard University
Mahta Moghaddam professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California [148]
Mark Monmonier Maryland Alpha professor of geography and the environment at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University
Salvatore D. Morgera Florida Epsilon, 1970 professor emeritus at McGill University, Concordia University, and Florida Atlantic University [149]
W. Jason Morgan Georgia Alpha, 1957 professor emeritus of geology and geosciences at Princeton University [103]
Ali H. Nayfeh California Gamma, 1962 professor of engineering at Virginia Tech [120]
Celeste Nelson Massachusetts Beta professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at Princeton University
Pearn P. Niiler Pennsylvania Alpha, 1960 oceanographer and professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Oregon State University [111]
Matthew Ohland engineering education professor at Purdue University [150]
Yale Patt Massachusetts Epsilon, 1962 professor of electrical and computer engineering at University of Texas at Austin [120]
Irene C. Peden professor emerita of electrical engineering at the University of Washington [151]
Arun G . Phadke Illinois Beta, 1955 research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech [120]
Henry Petroski New York Xi, 1963 professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University [152]
Michael Porter New Jersey Delta, 1969 professor at the Harvard Business School [153]
Calvin Quate Utah Alpha, 1944 professor emeritus of applied physics and electrical engineering at Stanford University [103]
Thomas F. Quatieri electrical engineer and senior technical staff member at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory [154]
Eli Ruckenstein New York Nu, 1949 professor of chemical and biological engineering University at Buffalo [103]
Rolf Heinrich Sabersky California Beta professor emeritus in mechanical engineering at the California Institute of Technology [155]
Mischa Schwartz Virginia Beta, 1945 professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Columbia University [25]
Harry Bolton Seed California Alpha, 1944 professor at the University of California, Berkeley regarded as the founding father of geotechnical earthquake engineering [103]
John Shepherd Texas Beta, 1988 professor of epidemiology and population sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center [156]
Otto J. M. Smith professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
Charles Proteus Steinmetz Illinois Alpha, 1902 professor of math and electrical engineering at Union College [157]
Bruce Strickrott Florida Epsilon deep sea explorer, senior pilot, and manager of the DSV Alvin Submersible Engineering and Operations Group at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [158]
Lee Swindlehurst Utah Beta, 1985 professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California at Irvine [citation needed]
Erika Moore Taylor biomedical engineer and assistant professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville
Malvin Carl Teich 1989 professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Columbia University [159]
Stephen Timoshenko California Gamma, 1901 professor of strengths of materials at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, considered the father of modern engineering mechanics [111]
Alvin V. Tollestrup Utah Alpha, 1944 physics professor at the California Institute of Technology and researcher at Fermilab [114]
John G. Trump New York Zeta, 1929 electrical engineer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [103]
J. R. Tucker 1995 an academic who made contributions to the fields of electronics, physics, and microwave theory
James Van Allen Iowa Beta, 1935 space physicist at the University of Iowa who discovered the Van Allen radiation belts [160]
Robert J. Van de Graaff Alabama Beta, 1922 physicist, research associate, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [111]
Harold Webb professor of electrical engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [161]
Julia Weertman Illinois Gamma, 1946 professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University [107]
Bernard Widrow California Gamma, 1951 professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University [120]
Jack Wolf Pennsylvania Delta, 1956 professor of computer science at the University of California, San Diego [54]
Joyce Wong professor of biomedical engineering and materials science at Boston University
A. Wayne Wymore Arizona Alpha, 1949 professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, and one of the founding fathers of systems engineering [111]
Lotfi A. Zadeh professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley best known for proposing fuzzy mathematics [120]
Richard W. Ziolkowski professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Arizona
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Aerospace and aviation

Administration

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Waleed Abdalati New York Beta, 1985 NASA Chief Scientist [162]
Aaron Cohen Texas Delta, 1952 acting Deputy Administrator of NASA; director of engineering and manager of the Space Shuttle Program [163]
Charles J. Donlan Massachusetts Beta, 1938 NASA researcher and manager [164]
Roy Estess director of the Stennis Space Center [165]
James C. Fletcher Utah Alpha, 1940 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [29]
T. Keith Glennan Connecticut Alpha, 1927 1st Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and president of Case Institute of Technology [2]
Gerald D. Griffin Texas Delta NASA flight director during the Apollo program and director of Johnson Space Center [166]
Michael D. Griffin Maryland Beta, 1977 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering [106]
J. Lynn Helms Michigan Gamma, 1943 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration [29]
D. Brainerd Holmes New York Delta, 1943 director of NASA's crewed spaceflight program and president of Raytheon [160]
J. Wayne Littles Georgia Alpha director of the Marshall Space Flight Center [167]
George M. Low New York Gamma, 1948 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2]
T. Allan McArtor administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration [168]
Bill Pickering California Beta, 1932 head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [169]
Abe Silverstein manager at NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics [170]
Clarence Syvertson director of the Ames Research Center
Wernher von Braun Michigan Gamma, 1932 director of the Marshall Space Flight Center; first president and chairman of the National Space Institute [111]
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Astronauts

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Thomas Akers Missouri Beta, 1992 astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program [163]
Buzz Aldrin Massachusetts Beta, 1962 NASA astronaut and second person to walk on the moon [163]
Scott Altman Illinois Alpha, 1981 NASA astronaut, naval aviator, engineer, and test pilot [163]
William Anders Ohio Eta, 1962 NASA astronaut, U.S. Ambassador to Norway, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [160]
James P. Bagian Pennsylvania Zeta, 1973 NASA astronaut and physician [163]
Michael A. Baker Texas Alpha, 1975 NASA astronaut, and the International Space Station program manager for international and crew operations [163]
John-David F. Bartoe Pennsylvania Alpha, 1966 NASA astronaut and astrophysicist [163]
Charles Bassett Texas Beta, 1960 NASA astronaut, electrical engineer, and test pilot [163]
Bob Behnken Missouri Gamma, 1992 NASA astronaut and former Chief of the Astronaut Office [163]
Guion Bluford Ohio Eta, 1973 NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, and fighter pilot [163]
Stephen Bowen Maryland Gamma, 1986 NASA astronaut and United States Navy submariner [163]
Ken Bowersox Maryland Gamma, 1978 NASA astronaut [163]
Roy D. Bridges Jr. Colorado Zeta, 1965 NASA astronaut and United States Air Force major general [171]
Mark N. Brown Indiana Alpha, 1973 NASA astronaut [163]
John S. Bull Texas Gamma, 1957 NASA astronaut, fighter pilot, test pilot, mechanical engineer, and aeronautical engineer [163]
Robert J. Cenker Pennsylvania Beta, 1970 NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, and electrical engineer [163]
Gene Cernan Indiana Alpha, 1956 NASA astronaut and lunar explorer, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot [163]
Roger B. Chaffee Indiana Alpha, 1957 NASA astronaut, aviator, and aeronautical engineer who died on Apollo 1 [163]
Gregory Chamitoff California Mu, 1984 NASA astronaut and engineer [163]
Raja Chari Colorado Zeta, 1999 NASA astronaut, test pilot, and United States Air Force brigadier general [172]
Mary L. Cleave Utah Gamma, 1979 NASA astronaut and civil and environmental engineer [163]
Robert Crippen Texas Alpha, 1960 NASA astronaut, test pilot, and aerospace engineer [163]
Jan Davis Alabama Alpha, 1977 NASA astronaut and mechanical engineer [163]
Bonnie J. Dunbar Texas Epsilon, 1983 NASA astronaut and ceramics engineer [163]
Donn F. Eisele Ohio Eta, 1960 NASA astronaut, test pilot, and command module pilot for the Apollo 7 mission [163]
Joe Engle Kansas Alpha, 1955 NASA astronaut and aeronautical engineer [163]
Ronald Evans Kansas Alpha, 1956 NASA astronaut, Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17, electrical engineer, and aeronautical engineer, [163]
John M. Fabian Washington Beta, 1962 NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer [163]
Kevin A. Ford Indiana Gamma, 1982 NASA astronaut [163]
Stephen Frick Maryland Gamma, 1986 NASA astronaut [163]
C. Gordon Fullerton California Beta, 1957 NASA astronaut and research pilot [163]
Dale Gardner Illinois Alpha, 1970 NASA astronaut and naval flight officer [163]
Owen Garriott Oklahoma Alpha, 1953 NASA astronaut and electrical engineer [163]
Edward Gibson New York Kappa, 1959 NASA astronaut, engineer, and physicist [163]
Gus Grissom Indiana Alpha, 1950 NASA astronaut, test pilot, and mechanical engineer who died on Apollo 1 [163]
Fred Haise Oklahoma Alpha, 1959 NASA astronaut and Apollo Lunar Module pilot [173]
James D. Halsell Ohio Eta, 1985 NASA astronaut [163]
Terry Hart Pennsylvania Alpha, 1968 NASA astronaut, pilot, and mechanical and electrical engineer [163]
Charles O. Hobaugh Maryland Gamma, 1984 NASA astronaut [163]
Doug Hurley Louisiana Beta, 1988 NASA astronaut. engineer, and pilot [163]
Rick Husband Texas Beta, 1980 NASA astronaut and fighter pilot who died on the Space Shuttle Columbia [163]
Gregory C. Johnson Washington Alpha, 1977 NASA astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and aerospace engineer [163]
Gene Kranz Missouri Epsilon, 1954 Apollo XIII astronaut and NASA's second Chief Flight Director [173]
Frederick W. Leslie Texas Alpha, 1974 astronaut and scientist who flew on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist [163]
Byron K. Lichtenberg Rhode Island Alpha, 1969 NASA astronaut and engineer [163]
Mike Massimino New York Alpha, 1984 NASA astronaut and professor of mechanical engineering [163]
Richard Mastracchio Connecticut Beta, 1982 NASA astronaut [163]
Michael J. McCulley Indiana Alpha, 1970 NASA astronaut, aviator, test pilot, and metallurgical engineer [163]
James McDivitt Michigan Gamma, 1959 NASA astronaut and United States Air Force brigadier general [163]
Steven R. Nagel Illinois Alpha, 1969 NASA astronaut, test pilot, and aeronautical and mechanical engineer [163]
Lisa Nowak Maryland Gamma, 1985 NASA astronaut, naval flight officer, and test pilot [163]
Karen Nyberg North Dakota Beta, 1994 NASA astronaut and mechanical engineer [163]
William Oefelein Oregon Alpha, 1988 NASA astronaut, freelance adventure writer, and photographer [163]
Ellison Onizuka Colorado Beta, 1969 NASA astronaut and engineer who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger [163]
Gary Payton Georgia Alpha, 1986 NASA astronaut and Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force [163]
Alan G. Poindexter Georgia Alpha, 1986 NASA astronaut [163]
Joseph M. Prahl Ohio Alpha, 1963 NASA astronaut, mechanical engineer, and professor at Case Western Reserve University [163]
Garrett Reisman Pennsylvania Delta, 1991 NASA astronaut and engineer [163]
Judith Resnik Pennsylvania Gamma, 1970 NASA astronaut, pilot, electrical engineer, software engineer, and biomedical engineer who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger [163]
Richard N. Richards Maryland Alpha, 1969 NASA astronaut, aviator, test pilot, and chemical engineer [163]
Albert Sacco Massachusetts Epsilon, 1973 NASA astronaut and chemical engineer [163]
Robert Satcher NASA astronaut, orthopedic surgeon, and chemical engineer [174]
Dick Scobee Arizona Alpha, 1965 NASA astronaut who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger [163]
David Scott Massachusetts Beta, 1962 NASA astronaut and lunar explorer [163]
Brewster H. Shaw Wisconsin Alpha, 1967 NASA astronaut and executive at Boeing [163]
Donald A. Thomas Ohio Alpha, 1977 NASA astronaut and materials engineer [163]
Kathryn R. Thornton Virginia Alpha, 1974 NASA astronaut and associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science [163]
Richard H. Truly Georgia Alpha, 1959 NASA astronaut and administrator [163]
Ed White Michigan Gamma, 1952 NASA astronaut, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer who died on Apollo 1 [163]
Clifton Williams Alabama Alpha, 1954 NASA astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer [163]
John Young Georgia Alpha, 1952 NASA astronaut, lunar explorer, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer [163]
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Art and architecture

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Keplar B. Johnson California Alpha architect for the U.S. Forest Service
Cyril M. Harris New York Alpha, 1938 architect and acoustical designer of more than 100 concert halls and auditoriums, including the Metropolitan Opera House [111]
Fazlur Rahman Khan Illinois Alpha, 1950 architect and structural engineer [111]
O. Winston Link New York Zeta, 1937 photographer [111]
Shirley Jane Vernon Pennsylvania Beta architect and educator [175]
George Malcolm White Illinois Alpha, 1942 Architect of the Capitol [29]
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Business

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Sylvia Acevedo New Mexico Alpha, 1979 CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA [176]
Walter Hull Aldridge New York Alpha,1887 president of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company and managing director of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada [111]
Paul Allaire Massachusetts Alpha, 1960 CEO and chairman of Xerox [111]
Gil Amelio Georgia Alpha, 1965 CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple Computer [111]
John Leland Atwood Texas Alpha, 1928 president, and CEO of North American Aviation [111]
Norman R. Augustine New Jersey Delta, 1957 president and CEO of Martin Marietta; president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, and United States Under Secretary of the Army [29]
Leo Baekeland New York Alpha, 1882 founder of the General Bakelite Company; inventor of bakelite and Velox photographic paper [133]
Ervin G. Bailey Ohio Gamma, 1903 founding president of Bailey Meter Company [107]
William F. Ballhaus Sr. California Gamma, 1940 president of Beckman Instruments [111]
William F. Ballhaus Jr. California Alpha, 1967 president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation [111]
Mary Barra Michigan Zeta, 1985 chair and CEO of General Motors [176]
John Barry Minnesota Alpha, 1945 former president of WD-40 Company [111]
Stephen Bechtel Jr. Indiana Alpha, 1946 co-owner of Bechtel [107]
Jeff Bezos New Jersey Delta, 1986 Amazon.com founder [160]
Michael Birck Indiana Alpha, 1961 co-founder and chairman of Tellabs [111]
Ed Bock Iowa Alpha, 1938 former chairman of Monsanto [111]
Amar Bose Massachusetts Beta, 1952 founder and chairman of Bose Corporation [46]
Stephen Brobst technology executive [177]
George R. Brown Colorado Alpha, 1922 co-founder of Brown & Root Inc. [107]
J. Fred Bucy Jr. Texas Beta, 1951 president and CEO of Texas Instruments [111][178][179]
Charles Frederick Burgess Wisconsin Alpha, 1895 founder of the Burgess Battery Company; founder of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemical Engineering [111]
Donald C. Burnham Indiana Alpha, 1936 CEO and board chairman of Westinghouse Electric Corporation [111]
Wesley G. Bush Massachusetts Beta, 1983 former CEO and chairman of Northrop Grumman [111]
Rod Canion Texas Epsilon, 1966 co-founder, first president, and CEO of Compaq [111]
Curtis Carlson New Jersey Beta president and CEO of SRI International [180]
Willis Carrier New York Delta, 1901 founder of the Carrier Corporation and inventor of modern air conditioning [133]
E. Finley Carter electrical engineer with Sylvania Electric Products and president of SRI International [181]
Colby Chandler Maine Alpha, 1950 CEO and chairman of the Eastman Kodak Company [111]
John S. Chen Rhode Island Alpha, 1978 executive chairman and CEO of BlackBerry Limited; CEO and president of Sybase [111]
John Cioffi Illinois Alpha, 1978 founder and president of Amati Communications Corporation [54]
Walker Lee Cisler New York Delta, 1922 president of the Detroit Edison Company [107]
A. James Clark Maryland Beta, 1950 chairman and CEO of Clark Enterprises, Inc. [111]
Richard Coar Massachusetts Delta, 1942 president of Pratt & Whitney [111]
Ed Cole Michigan Gamma, 1952 president and CEO of General Motors [111]
Philip M. Condit California Alpha, 1963 president, CEO, and chairman of Boeing [111]
Joseph Coors New York Delta, 1940 president of Coors Brewing Company [111]
Cleo F. Craig Missouri Alpha, 1913 president and board chairman of AT&T [111][182][183]
Lester Crown Illinois Gamma, 1946 president and chairman of General Dynamics [111]
Everette Lee DeGolyer Oklahoma Alpha, 1911 general manager, president, and chairman of the Amerada Petroleum Corporation and co-founder of Geophysical Service Incorporated [107]
Francis deSouza Massachusetts Beta, 1992 CEO of Illumina
Ray Dolby California Gamma, 1957 founder and chairman of Dolby [184]
Herbert Henry Dow Michigan Gamma, 1919 founder and president of Dow Chemical [111]
Joseph Engelberger New York Alpha, 1946 co-founded and president of Unimation [169]
Pete Estes Ohio Beta, 1940 president of General Motors [111]
Robert Everett North Carolina Gamma, 1942 founding member and president of the Mitre Corporation [111]
Illinois Alpha, 1962 George M. C. Fisher CEO and chairman of Eastman Kodak Company; president, chairman, and CEO of Motorola [111]
James Brown Fisk Massachusetts Beta, 1931 president of Bell Labs [111]
Robert Frankenberg California Eta, 1974 chairman, president and CEO of Novell [111]
Donald N. Frey Michigan Gamma, 1947 chairman and CEO Bell & Howell [111]
H. Laurance Fuller New York Delta, 1961 president, board chairman, and CEO of Amoco [111][185][186]
Joseph G. Gavin Jr. Massachusetts Beta, 1941 president and COO of the Grumman; engineer responsible for the development of the Apollo Lunar Module [111]
Bill George Georgia Alpha, 1964 chairman and CEO of Medtronic [111]
Raymond Gilmartin New York Mu, 1963 president and CEO of Becton-Dickinson; chairman and CEO of Merck & Co. [111]
Tom Mercer Girdler Pennsylvania Alpha, 1901 first president of Republic Steel [111]
Adi Godrej Massachusetts Beta chairman of the Godrej Group
Robert Goizueta Connecticut Alpha, 1953 chairman, president, and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company [111]
Bernard Marshall Gordon Massachusetts Beta, 1948 founder and chairman of Analogic Corporation; considered "the father of high-speed analog-to-digital conversion" [111]
John F. Gordon Michigan Gamma, 1922 president of General Motors [111][187]
Bill Gore Delaware Alpha, 1932 founder and president of W. L. Gore & Associates [111]
Robert W. Gore Delaware Alpha, 1959 president and chairman of W. L. Gore & Associates [111]
Eugene Grace Pennsylvania Alpha, 1899 president and chairman of Bethlehem Steel [111]
Harry Gray Pennsylvania Delta, 1944 CEO and chairman of United Technologies [111]
Crawford Greenewalt Delaware Alpha, 1922 president and chairman of the DuPont Company [107]
Andrew Grove New York Eta, 1960 CEO of Intel Corporation [160]
Leroy Grumman New York Delta, 1916 founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co. [111]
Willard Hackerman Maryland Alpha, 1938 CEO of Whiting-Turner [111]
Patrick E. Haggerty Wisconsin Beta, 1936 co-founder, president, and chairman of Texas Instruments [107]
Michael Lawrence Haider California Gamma, 1927 president of the Standard Oil Company [107]
John Hall Tennessee Beta CEO of Ashland Oil Inc.
Elmer Beseler Harris Alabama Alpha, 1962 president, CEO, and chairman of Alabama Power [111]
Arthur Hauspurg New York Alpha, 1945 chairman of Consolidated Edison [111]
George H. Heilmeier Pennsylvania Delta, 1958 president and CEO of Bellcore; chief technical officer and vice president at Texas Instruments [107]
Herman Hollerith New York Alpha, 1879 founder of Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (now IBM) [133]
Jensen Huang Oregon Alpha, 1984 co-founder, president, and CEO of Nvidia [111]
Linda Hudson Florida Alpha, 1972 president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc. [111]
Charles DeLano Hine vice-president and general manager of the Southern Pacific Lines
Frederic Holloway Georgia Alpha, 1935 vice president of science and technology at Exxon; president of Esso Research & Engineering Co. [176]
Lee Iacocca Pennsylvania Alpha, 1945 COE and president of Chrysler and president of the Ford Motor Company [111]
Irwin M. Jacobs New York Delta, 1956 co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm [54]
Paul E. Jacobs California Alpha, 1984 CEO of Globalstar and executive chairman of Qualcomm [111]
Allen F. Jacobson Iowa Alpha, 1947 CEO of 3M [111]
Frank B. Jewett California Beta, 1898 first president of Bell Labs [111]
Ray O. Johnson CEO of Technology Innovation Institute and operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners [188]
Charles F. Jones Texas Alpha, 1933 president of Humble Oil (now Exxon) [111][189][190]
J. Erik Jonsson Indiana Beta, 1922 co-founder and president of Texas Instruments; Mayor of Dallas [111]
Jerry Junkins Iowa Alpha, 1959 president, chairman, and CEO of Texas Instruments [111]
Frederick Kappel Minnesota Alpha, 1924 president of Western Electric, chairman of AT&T, and governor and chairman of the United States Postal Service [107]
Mervin Kelly Missouri Beta, 1914 director of research, president, and chairman of the board of Bell Labs [107]
Kevin J. Kennedy New Jersey Beta, 1979 CEO of Quanergy Systems and president and CEO of Avaya [137]
Charles F. Kettering Ohio Gamma, 1904 founder of Delco and head of research at General Motors [107]
Jeong H. Kim Maryland Alpha, 1983 president of Bell Labs and co-founder and executive chairman of Kiswe Mobile Inc. [111]
Paul Wilbur Klipsch California Gamma, 1926 founder of Klipsch Audio Technologies and high fidelity audio pioneer [184]
Semon Knudsen Michigan Gamma, 1936 president of Ford Motor Company and chairman of White Motor Company [111]
Bill Lear Michigan Alpha, 1955 founder of Learjet and inventor of the car radio and the 8-track cartridge [184]
William States Lee III New Jersey Delta, 1951 president, chairman, and CEO of Duke Power; cofounder of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations [111]
Roger Linquist Indiana Alpha chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Metro PCS and founder of LJ Entertainment Inc.
Matthew Luckiesh Indiana Alpha, 1909 director of General Electric's Lighting Research Laboratory [111]
Robert W. Lundeen Oregon Alpha, 1942 executive vice president and chairman of the board of Dow Chemical Company [111]
John C. Malone Connecticut Alpha, 1963 CEO of Tele-Communications Inc. and chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Qurate Retail Group [111]
John Franklyn Mars Connecticut Alpha, 1957 CEO, chairman, and president of Mars Inc.
Glenn L. Martin Maryland Beta, 1947 aviation pioneer and founder of what is now Lockheed Martin [111]
Edward R. McCracken Iowa Alpha, 1966 CEO of Silicon Graphics [111]
F. James McDonald Michigan Gamma, 1944 president and CEO of General Motors [111]
Sanford N. McDonnell Colorado Beta, 1948 chairman and CEO of McDonnell Douglas [111]
Russell W. McFall Maryland Beta, 1942 chairman and CEO of Western Union Telegraph Co. [111][191]
John E. McGlade Pennsylvania Alpha, 1976 CEO, president, and chairman of Air Products [111]
Ruben F. Mettler California Beta, 1944 chairman and CEO of TRW Inc. [111]
Otto N. Miller Iowa Alpha, 1930 president and chairman of Chevron Corporation [111][192][193]
George P. Mitchell Texas Delta, 1940 founder of Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation who pioneered the economic extraction of shale gas [111]
Alan Mulally Kansas Alpha. 1968 CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes; president and CEO of Ford Motor Company [111]
William Beverly Murphy Wisconsin Alpha president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company
Arun Netravali Texas Gamma, 1969 president of Bell Laboratories [54]
Ray Noorda Utah Alpha, 1949 president and CEO of Novell [111]
John Northrop California Delta, 1949 aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation [111]
Henry Furlow Owsley III New Jersey Delta CEO and founder of Gordian Group LLC [111]
David Packard California Gamma, 1934 co-founder, president, and CEO of Hewlett-Packard; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense; and president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [29][184]
Donald Petersen Washington Alpha, 1946 CEO of Ford Motor Company
Kurt Petersen California Alpha, 1970 founder and CEO of Cepheid and SiTime [111]
Thomas L. Phillips Virginia Beta, 1947 CEO and chairman of Raytheon [111]
Frank Piasecki New York Epsilon, 1940 founder of Piasecki Helicopter and Piasecki Aircraft who pioneered the tandem-rotor helicopter [114]
Edmund T. Pratt Jr. North Carolina Gamma, 1947 CEO, chairman, and president of Pfizer [111]
Robert Pritzker Illinois Beta, 1946 co-founder and president of The Marmon Group [111]
Monroe Jackson Rathbone II Pennsylvania Alpha, 1921 CEO, chairman, and president of Standard Oil of New Jersey [111]
Jerry S. Rawls Texas Beta, 1967 co-founder and chairman of Finisar [111]
Lee Raymond Wisconsin Alpha, 1960 CEO and chairman of ExxonMobil [111]
John S. Reed Massachusetts Beta, 1961 chairman of the New York Stock Exchange; chairman and CEO of Citicorp, Citibank, and Citigroup [111]
Philip D. Reed Wisconsin Alpha, 1921 CEO and president of General Electric [111]
Eberhardt Rechtin California Beta, 1946 president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation [111]
Edwin W. Rice New York Alpha, 1880 president and co-founder of General Electric [111]
Alexander N. Rossolimo New York Eta think tank executive, entrepreneur, and corporate director
Henry Samueli California Epsilon, 1975 co-founder of Broadcom Corporation and owner of the Anaheim Ducks [54]
David Sarnoff New York Lambda, 1911 president of RCA [184]
Henry Schacht Connecticut Alpha, 1956 CEO and chairman of Cummins Diesel and CEO of Lucent Technologies [111]
Kenneth L. Schroeder CEO of KLA-Tencor [194]
Peter C. Schultz New Jersey Beta, 1964 president of Heraeus Tenevo Inc., co-inventor of the fiber optics used for telecommunications [133]
Peter H. Soderberg Connecticut Alpha, 1968 CEO Hillrom; president and CEO of Welch Allyn [111]
Charles E. Spahr Kansas Alpha, 1934 president and CEO of Sohio (now Standard Oil of Ohio) [111]
Elmer Ambrose Sperry New Jersey Alpha, 1921 founder of Sperry Electric Railway Company and the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane [157]
Philip Sporn New York Alpha, 1917 president and CEO of the American Gas and Electric Company [107]
Ray Stata Massachusetts Beta, 1957 co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Analog Devices [111]
Charles A. Stone Massachusetts Beta, 1888 co-founder and chairman of Stone & Webster [111]
Ronald Sugar California Epsilon, 1968 CEO and chairman of the Northrop Grumman; chairman of Uber [111]
John A. Swanson New York Delta, 1962 founder, president, CEO of ANSYS Inc. [107]
William H. Swanson California Mu, 1972 chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company [111]
Frederick Winslow Taylor New Jersey Alpha, 1893 one of the first management consultants [111]
Daniel Michael Tellep California Alpha, 1954 CEO and chairman of Lockheed Corporation [111]
Andrew J. Viterbi Massachusetts Beta, 1957 co-founder of Qualcomm and inventor of the Viterbi algorithm [120][195]
Edwin S. Webster Massachusetts Beta, 1888 co-founder, president, and chairman of Stone & Webster [111]
David N. Weidman Utah Beta, 1978 CEO, chairman, and president of Celanese Corporation [111]
Jack Welch Massachusetts Zeta, 1957 CEO and chairman of General Electric [111]
Glenn B. Warren Wisconsin Alpha, 1919 vice president and general manager of the turbine division of General Electric [107]
Herbert Wertheim Florida Beta, 1962 founder and president of Brain Power Incorporated [111]
George Weyerhaeuser Connecticut Alpha, 1949 president, CEO, and chairman and Weyerhaeuser [111]
Sam B. Williams Michigan Eta, 1942 founder and president of Williams International [111]
Edgar S. Woolard Jr. North Carolina Alpha, 1956 CEO and chairman of DuPont [111]
Irma Wyman Michigan Gamma, 2019 vice president and CIO of Honeywell [134]
Rouzbeh Yassini West Virginia Alpha, 1981 co-founder, CEO, and president of LANcity; founder, president, and CEO of YAS Broadband Ventures [111]
John A. Young Oregon Alpha, 1953 CEO of Hewlett-Packard [111]
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Engineering

Aerospace engineering

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Yvonne Brill South Carolina Gamma, 1945 rocket and jet propulsion engineer with Douglas Aircraft and Astro Electronics [107]
Julie Wertz Chen Massachusetts Beta systems engineer for the Soil Moisture Active Passive, Cassini, and InSight Mars missions
Antonio Ferri New York Zeta, 1934 aerodynamics scientist who oversaw the development of the first jet aircraft [111]
Louis Friedman New York Zeta, 1970 astronautics engineer the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; co-founder of The Planetary Society [137]
Willis Hawkins Michigan Gamma, 1937 aeronautical engineer for Lockheed Corporation [103]
John Houbolt Illinois Alpha, 1940 aerospace engineer with NASA and Langley Research Center[111] [111]
Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Massachusetts Beta, 1912 aeronautical engineer who helped design the Curtiss NC-4 [111]
Maxwell Hunter Massachusetts Beta, 1944 aerospace engineer with Douglas Aircraft Company who worked on the design of the Douglas B-42, Douglas B-43, the MGR-1 Honest John, and Nike-Ajax [111]
Kelly Johnson Michigan Gamma, 1932 aerospace engineer who worked on the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird [111]
Conrad Lau Massachusetts Beta aeronautical engineer with Chance Vought [196]
George C. Martin Washington Alpha aeronautical engineer who was the project engineer on the Boeing B-47 and the Boeing B-52
Andrew Mishkin California Epsilon senior systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JoAnn H. Morgan aerospace engineer and the first female engineer at the John F. Kennedy Space Center
Jon Myer 1972 engineer and physicist for Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Research Laboratories
Jerry Nelson California Beta, 1965 astronomer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory known for his pioneering work designing segmented mirror telescopes [120]
Robert J. Parks aerospace engineer and pioneer in the space program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [197]
Jerome Pearson aerospace engineer for the NASA Langley and Ames research centers during the Apollo program
Maynard Pennell Washington Alpha aeronautical engineering and aircraft designer with Boeing
Francis Rogallo California Gamma, 1933 aeronautical engineer with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics who invented the Rogallo wing [111]
Harold Rosen Louisiana Beta, 1944 electrical engineer who led the team that designed and built Syncom, for Hughes Aircraft Company [118]
Stanley F. Schmidt Wisconsin Beta, 1946 aerospace engineer at the Ames Research Center
Harrison Storms Illinois Gamma, 1938 aeronautical engineer with North American Aviation who managed the design and construction of the Apollo Command/Service Module [111]
Frank L. Stulen Pennsylvania Gamma, 1942 mechanical engineer and vice president of engineering at Parsons Corporation [114]
Joe Sutter Washington Alpha, 1943 engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747 [114]
Theodore von Kármán California Beta, 1902 aerospace engineer, mathematician, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics [157]
Hans von Ohain Ohio Eta, 1935 physicist, aerospace engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine [118]
Richard Leroy Walters Indiana Alpha jet propulsion engineer with Allied Signal Aerospace
Richard T. Whitcomb Massachusetts Alpha, 1943 aeronautical engineer at the Langley Research Center [103]
Dean Wooldridge California Beta, 1932 aerospace engineer and director of research for the electronics department of Hughes Aircraft [111]
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Chemical and petroleum engineering

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Melvin De Groote Ohio Gamma, 1915 chemist with Petrolite who held 925 patents [111]
Vladimir Haensel Illinois Gamma, 1935 chemical engineer who invented the platforming process [118]
Michel T. Halbouty Texas Delta, 1930 petroleum engineer, geologist, and wildcatter [111]
Julian W. Hill Missouri Gamma, 1924 chemical engineer with DuPont who developed nylon [111]
Ralph Landau Pennsylvania Delta, 1937 chemical engineer with M. W. Kellogg Company and Kellex Corporation [107]
Ray McIntire Kansas Alpha, 1940 research engineer for The Dow Chemical Company who invented Styrofoam [133]
Thomas Midgley Jr. New York Delta, 1911 chemical engineer for General Motors who played a major role in developing leaded gasoline [133]
Olagoke Olabisi Indiana Alpha, 1968 chemical engineer and CEO of Infra-Tech Consulting LLC [198]
Frederick Rossini Pennsylvania Gamma, 1925 chemical engineer and thermodynamicist for the National Bureau of Standards [103]
Waldo Semon Washington Alpha, 1920 chemical engineer with B.F. Goodrich who invented synthetic rubber [133]
John H. Sinfelt Pennsylvania Beta, 1951 chemical engineer with Standard Oil Development Company whose work led to the introduction of unleaded gasoline [103]
John Robert Suman California Alpha, 1912 geologist, petroleum engineer, and business executive [107]
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Civil engineering

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Othmar Ammann New York Epsilon, 1902 civil and structural engineer who designed the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge [111]
James Amrhein civil engineer and structural engineer who was the executive director of the Masonry Institute of America [199]
Rodney Bagley Utah Alpha, 1959 ceramic engineer with Corning Inc. who co-invented the catalytic converter [133]
Lynn S. Beedle California Alpha, 1941 structural engineer known for his design and building of skyscrapers; founder and the director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat [107]
Octave Chanute Illinois Alpha,1905 civil engineer and aviation pioneer [111]
Charles Alton Ellis Indiana Alpha, 1900 structural engineer who was chiefly responsible for the structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge [111]
Irwin Lachman New Jersey Beta, 1952 ceramic engineer with Corning Inc. who co-invented the catalytic converter [133]
Franklin Matthias civil engineer and nuclear engineer who directed the construction of the Hanford nuclear site [200]
Ralph Modjeski Illinois Alpha, 1885 civil engineer who achieved prominence as "America's greatest bridge builder" [107]
William Barclay Parsons New York Alpha, 1934 civil engineer who founded Parsons Brinckerhoff [111]
Ralph Brazelton Peck New York Gamma, 1934 civil engineer specializing in soil mechanics, who designed and built major dams [103]
John L. Savage Wisconsin Alpha, 1903 civil engineer who supervised the designs for sixty dams, including Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, and Three Gorges Dam [111]
Dean Sicking Texas Delta, 1980 civil and mechanical engineer who invented roadside and racetrack safety technologies [114]
Ole Singstad New York Epsilon, 1905 civil engineer who designed the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, and Queens–Midtown Tunnel [111]
David B. Steinman New York Alpha, 1906 civil engineer who designed the Mackinac Bridge [111]
Joseph Strauss Ohio Beta, 1892 chief structural engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge [111]
Arthur Newell Talbot Illinois Alpha, 1881 civil engineer who was a pioneer in the field of reinforced concrete [107]
George Tamaro New York Xi, 1959 civil engineer credited with stabilizing the foundation of the World Trade Center [107]
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Electrical engineering

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Andrew Alford Massachusetts Epsilon, 1924 electrical engineer who invented a localizer antenna system [133]
Edwin Howard Armstrong New York Alpha, 1913 electrical engineer and inventor who developed FM (frequency modulation) radio [184]
Harry D. Belock sound engineer and inventor
James R. Biard electrical engineer and inventor who held 73 U.S. patents [201]
Donald Bitzer Illinois Alpha, 1955 electrical engineer and co-inventor of the plasma display [184]
Harold Stephen Black Massachusetts Alpha, 1921 electrical engineer with Bell Labs who invented the negative feedback amplifier [133]
William E. Bradley Jr. Pennsylvania Delta engineer with Philco and the Institute for Defense Analyses
Marvin Camras Illinois Beta, 1940 electrical engineer who was influential in the field of magnetic recording [133]
Alfred Y. Cho Illinois Alpha, 1960 electrical engineer, optical engineer, and the adjunct vice president of semiconductor research at Bell Labs [103]
Lewis Warrington Chubb Ohio Gamma, 1905 electrical engineer and director of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's research laboratory [111]
Nathan Cohn electrical engineer who worked for Leeds & Northrup [202]
Lee de Forest Connecticut Alpha, 1896 electrical engineer and an early pioneer in electronics [184]
Tomas Dy-Liacco an electrical engineer often referred to as the father of modern energy control centers
Richard H. Frenkiel Massachusetts Delta, 1963 telecommunications engineer with Bell Labs and AT&T known for the development of cellular telephone networks [184]
Bernard Marshall Gordon Massachusetts Beta, 1948 electrical engineer with Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, who developed the input/output circuits of the first commercial computer UNIVAC [114]
Wilson Greatbatch New York Delta, 1950 electrical engineer and pioneering inventor [110][203]
Robert N. Hall California Beta, 1942 engineer with General Electric who demonstrated the first semiconductor laser [133]
George H. Heilmeier Pennsylvania Delta, 1958 electrical engineer and pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays [146]
Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld California Alpha, 1902 electrical, mechanical, and consulting engineer who was the chief of research for the Detroit Edison Company [107]
Joseph M. Juran New York Epsilon, 1924 electrical engineer for Hawthorne Works and chief industrial engineer with Western Electric/AT&T's headquarters [114]
Rudolf E. Kálmán Massachusetts Beta, 1953 electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor [146]
Ashok Krishnamoorthy California Beta, 1986 electrical engineer with Oracle Labs [111]
Bernard J. Lechner electronics engineer and vice president of RCA Laboratories [204]
Clarence Hugo Linder Indiana Alpha, 1924 electrical engineer and vice president of General Electric and the first president of the National Academy of Engineering [111]
George Lof Colorado Beta, 1935 engineer known for solar energy research [111]
Robert W. Lucky Indiana Alpha, 1957 electrical engineer, inventor, and research manager at Bell Labs and Bell Communications Research [54]
James Ross MacDonald electrical engineer and physicist for Texas Instruments
John L. Moll Ohio Gamma, 1943 electrical engineer, notable for his contributions to solid-state physics [111]
Robert Moog New York Alpha, 1957 engineer, electronic music pioneer, and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer [111]
Harry F. Olson Iowa Beta, 1924 engineer and inventor with RCA Victor and the acoustic research director of RCA Laboratories [111]
Edmund Prentis engineer and co-founder of the engineering firm Spencer, White & Prentis [205]
Dalton Pritchard electrical engineer and color television pioneer, working at RCA Laboratories [206]
Mihajlo Pupin New York Alpha, 1883 electrical engineer, physicist, and inventor [107]
Simon Ramo Utah Alpha, 1933 engineer who developed General Electric's electron microscope, often called the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile [107]
Walter Robb Pennsylvania Beta, 1948 electrical engineer; research and development executive for General Electric [114]
Steven Sasson New York Gamma, 1972 electrical engineer with Kodak who invented the portable digital camera [184]
Daniel R. von Recklinghausen Massachusetts Beta electrical engineer [207]
Harold Alden Wheeler electrical engineer with Hazeltine Corporation
Vladimir K. Zworykin Pennsylvania Delta, 1912 inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology [184]
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Mechanical engineering

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Donald E. Bently Iowa Beta, 1949 mechanical engineer and founder, president, and CEO of Bently Nevada [208]
Omer Blodgett Minnesota Alpha, 1941 mechanical engineer and design consultant for Lincoln Electric and Globe Shipbuilding Company [111]
William D. Bond Iowa Alpha mechanical engineer with General Motors
Frank Cepollina California Zeta, 1959 mechanical engineer with NASA, associated with the Hubble Space Telescope. [133]
Maxime Faget Louisiana Alpha, 1943 mechanical engineer with NASA who designed the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, and the Space Shuttle. [133]
John Fritz Pennsylvania Alpha, 1895 general superintendent, and chief engineer of the Bethlehem Iron Works [107]
Robert Kearns Michigan Delta, 1952 mechanical engineer who invented the intermittent windshield wiper for automobiles [111]
Jacob Rabinow New York Eta, 1948 mechanical engineer and chief of the Electro-Mechanical Ordnance Division at the National Bureau of Standards [133]
Edward Schildhauer chief mechanical and electrical engineer on the Panama Canal project [209]
Virginia Sink Colorado Beta, 2019 first woman automotive engineer at Chrysler [134]
John Edson Sweet New York Beta, 1909 mechanical engineer, inventor, and founder and president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers [107]
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Entertainment

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Frank Capra California Beta, 1918 movie director [111]
John M. Eargle Oscar and Grammy-winning audio engineer and musician [210]
Wendell Wise Mayes Jr. Texas Beta radio and cable television editorialist and executive
Arthur Nielsen Wisconsin Alpha, 1918 founder of the A.C. Nielsen Company who created and tracked the Nielsen ratings for television[30] [30]
Mark Rober Utah Beta, 2004 science-edutainment YouTuber [46]
Tom Scholz Massachusetts Beta, 1969 lead guitarist of Boston [211]
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Government

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Arden L. Bement Jr. Colorado Alpha, 1954 undersecretary of defense for research and engineering [29]
James Boyd Colorado Alpha 8th director of the United States Bureau of Mines [212]
Vannevar Bush Massachusetts Beta, 1916 first director of the National Science Foundation [29]
William Colglazier California Beta, 1966 executive officer of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academies of Sciences; Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State [137]
Edward E. David Jr. Georgia Alpha, 1945 director of the White House Office of Science and Technology [111]
John M. Deutch Massachusetts Beta, 1961 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; undersecretary and director of energy research for the US. Department of Energy; and Undersecretary of Defense [29]
Delores M. Etter New Mexico Beta, 1979 Assistant Secretary of the Navy and deputy undersecretary of Defense for Science & Technology [29]
Mary L. Good South Carolina Gamma, 1950 Undersecretary of Commerce for technology [29]
John Hays Hammond Maryland Beta, 1930 chairman of the Federal Coal Commission, oilman, mining engineer, and general manager of the Guggenheim Exploration Company (Guggenex) [160]
Sterling B. Hendricks Arkansas Alpha, 1922 chief scientist of the Mineral Nutrition Engineering Research Laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture [103]
Paul G. Kaminski Massachusetts Beta, 1966 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology [114]
Steven E. Koonin California Beta, 1972 undersecretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy [29]
Donald Latham South Carolina Gamma, 1955 United States Assistant Secretary of Defense and deputy secretary of defense [29]
Lindsay D. Norman Montana Beta, 1960 director of the United States Bureau of Mines and president of Montana Technological University and Massachusetts Bay Community College [2]
John A. McCone California Alpha, 1922 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission [29]
Lindsay D. Norman Montana Beta, 1960 director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and president of Montana Technical Institute and Massachusetts Bay Community College [2]
John Ofori-Tenkorang director general of Social Security and National Insurance Trust in Ghana
James W. Plummer California Alpha, 1942 Director of the National Reconnaissance Office [118]
James R. Powell Pennsylvania Gamma, 1967 senior nuclear engineer at the Brookhaven National Laboratory [120]
Arati Prabhaker Texas Beta, 1979 director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy [29]
John Brooks Slaughter Washington Beta, 1956 director of the National Science Foundation, chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park, and president of Occidental College [2]
Harold Palmer Smith Jr. Massachusetts Beta, 1957 Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs [29]
John P. Stenbit Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence [213]
Guyford Stever Massachusetts Beta, 1938 director of the National Science Foundation, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and president of Carnegie Mellon University [2]
Samuel Wesley Stratton Illinois Alpha, 1884 1st Director of the National Bureau of Standards and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2]
Peter B. Teets Colorado Beta, 1963 director of the National Reconnaissance Office and Undersecretary of the United States Air Force [29]
Michael Telson Massachusetts Beta, 1967 chief financial officer for the U. S. Department of Energy; engineer with the Federation of American Scientists [137]
Alvin Trivelpiece director of the Office of Energy Research of the U.S. Department of Energy and director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory [214]
Lal Chand Verman Michigan Gamma, 1926 director-general of the Indian Standards Institution [215]
Linton Wells II Maryland Alpha, 1975 Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
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Law

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J. Campbell Barker Texas Delta judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Raymond T. Chen California Epsilon judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Tiffany P. Cunningham judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [216]
Paul Grewal Massachusetts Beta vice president and deputy general counsel at Facebook and judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California [217]
Kenneth W. Mack Pennsylvania Zeta, 1986 professor of law at Harvard Law School [218]
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Literature and journalism

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William Raimond Baird publisher and editor [219]
José Luis Cordeiro author and futurist [220]
Bradley Efron California Beta, 1960 statistician; past editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association and the founding editor of the Annals of Applied Statistics [103]
Samuel C. Florman New York Alpha, 1944 author of books about engineering, technology, and general culture [111]
John R. Pierce California Beta, 1933 science fiction novelist and pioneer in the design of communications satellites [54][118]
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Medicine and life sciences

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Michael L. Brodman 1974 professor and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, Mount Sinai Health System, and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Leslie A. Geddes Texas Delta, 1945 electrical engineer and physiologist who specialized in medical devices; professor of physiology at Baylor University; and director of the Division of Biomedical Engineering and director of Engineering at Purdue University [114]
Augustus Braun Kinzel Maryland Beta, 1919 president and CEO of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies; the first president of the National Academy of Engineering [111]
Laurence Monroe Klauber California Gamma, 1908 first curator of reptiles and amphibians at the San Diego Natural History Museum [221]
Raphael Carl Lee Pennsylvania Zeta, 1975 reconstructive surgeon, biomedical engineer, and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago
Richard Pough Missouri Gamma, 1925 chair of the Department of Conservation and General Ecology at the American Museum of Natural History and the founding president of The Nature Conservancy [111]
George Stouffer Pennsylvania Eta cardiologist and chief of the Division of Cardiology at the University of North Carolina Medical Center [222]
Anand Veeravagu Maryland Alpha, 2005 neurosurgeon at Stanford University Hospital and Clinic [223]
Augustin Luna Georgia Alpha, 2005 bioinformatician at United States National Library of Medicine
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Military

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Joseph A. Ahearn South Carolina Gamma, 1958 United States Air Force general [171]
Algert Alexis Pennsylvania Epsilon, 1919 United States Navy Rear Admiral [171][224]
John C. Arrowsmith Ohio Alpha, 1917 United States Army Brigadier General [171]
Norman R. Augustine New Jersey Delta, 1957 United States Under Secretary of the Army [29]
Joe N. Ballard District of Columbia Alpha, 1965 United States Army general [171]
Gladeon M. Barnes Michigan Gamma, 1910 United States Army major general [171]
Frank O. Bowman Alabama Alpha, 1918 United States Army major general [171]
Jay R. Brill Indiana Alpha, 1952 United States Air Force Brigadier General and Deputy Undersecretary of Energy [29][225]
Thomas L. Brown II Maryland Alpha United States Navy officer
William F. Cassidy Texas Delta, 1931 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Bruce C. Clarke Tennessee Alpha, 1925 United States Army general [171]
Frederick J. Clarke Texas Delta, 1937 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Wat Tyler Cluverius Jr. Massachusetts Alpha, 1896 United States Navy rear admiral and president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute [171]
Lewis Combs New York Gamma, 1916 United States Navy Rear Admiral [171]
Albert Scott Crossfield Washington Alpha, 1949 United States Navy officer and test pilot; first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound [111]
Ralph Earle Massachusetts Alpha, 1896 United States Navy rear admiral and president of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute [171]
Thomas Farrell New York Gamma, 1912 United States Army major general and Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Field Operations of the Manhattan Project [171]
Robert H. Foglesong West Virginia Alpha, 1968 United States Air Force major general [171]
S. Taco Gilbert III Colorado Zeta, 1978 United States Air Force general [171]
George Washington Goethals Michigan Gamma, 1880 United States Army major general [157]
Robert C. Gooding South Carolina Gamma, 1941 United States Navy Vice Admiral [171]
Gordon M. Graham California Alpha, 1940 United States Air Force general and World War II flying ace [171]
Jackson Graham Oregon Alpha, 1936 United States Army Corps of Engineers major general and first general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority [171]
William C. Gribble Jr. Michigan Beta, 1938 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Charles P. Gross New York Delta, 1910 United States Army major general [171]
Irvin Hale Colorado Beta, 1884 United States Army brigadier general [171]
Henry J. Hatch Tennessee Alpha, 1957 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Monroe W. Hatch Jr. Oklahoma Alpha United States Air Force general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force [226]
Elvin R. Heiberg III South Carolina Gamma, 1953 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Robert T. Herres Ohio Eta, 1960 United States Air Force brigadier general [171]
John R. Hodge Illinois Alpha, 1918 United States Army major general [171]
Ephraim F. Jeffe New York Zeta, 1916 United States Army Brigadier General [171][227]
J. William Kime Massachusetts Beta, 1964 United States Coast Guard commandant [171]
William W. Lapsley South Carolina Gamma, 1935 United States Army major general [171][228]
Curtis LeMay Ohio Gamma, 1932 United States Air Force general [171]
Carroll LeTellier South Carolina Gamma, 1949 United States Army major general [171]
Alvin Luedecke Texas Delta, 1937 United States Air Force major general [171]
John L. Martin Jr. New York Zeta, 1948 United States Air Force major general [171]
Clarence E. McKnight Jr. South Carolina Gamma, 1952 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Benjamin F. Montoya New York Gamma, 1960 United States Navy Rear Admiral [171]
Brad Mooney South Carolina Gamma, 1953 United States Navy Rear Admiral [171]
Ben Moreell Missouri Gamma, 1913 United States Navy admiral [171]
Armand M. Morgan Massachusetts Beta, 1924 United States Navy admiral [171][229][230]
John W. Morris Iowa Beta, 1943 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Bradford Parkinson Massachusetts Beta, 1961 United States Air Force colonel; professor and deputy head of the United States Air Force Academy Department of Astronautics and Computer Science; lead architect of the USAF NAVSTAR program [231]
Floyd Lavinius Parks South Carolina Alpha, 1918 United States Army Brigadier General [171]
Ellen M. Pawlikowski New Jersey Gamma, 1978 United States Air Force general and commander [171]
David E. Pergrin Pennsylvania Beta commanding officer of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion during World War II [171]
Lewis A. Pick Texas Delta, 1914 United States Army lieutenant general [171]
Ronald J. Rábago Michigan Gamma, 1985 United States Coast Guard rear admiral [171]
Thomas R. Sargent III New York Gamma, 1952 United States Coast Guard vice commandant [171]
Bernard Schriever Arizona Beta, 1931 United States Air Force general [171]
Ellie G. Shuler Jr. South Carolina Gamma, 1959 United States Air Force lieutenant general [171]
J. Edward Snyder South Carolina Gamma, 1944 United States Navy Rear Admiral [171]
Carl A. Strock Virginia Delta, 1970 United States Army general [171]
Jeffrey W. Talley Indiana Gamma, 1995 Army Reserve chief and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Command [171]
William G. Thrash Georgia Alpha, 1939 United States Marine Corps general [171]
Maxwell R. Thurman North Carolina Alpha, 1953 United States Army general [171]
Edward Uhl Pennsylvania Alpha, 1940 United States Army Ordnance Corps officer who developed the bazooka [111]
William J. Van Ryzin Wisconsin Alpha, 1935 United States Marine Corps lieutenant general [171]
Robert Wertheim South Carolina Gamma, 1945 United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) [171][232]
Shelia Widnall Massachusetts Beta, 1960 United States Secretary of the Air Force [29]
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Nobel laureates

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Carl David Anderson California Beta, 1927 physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the positron [233]
Frances Arnold New Jersey Delta, 1979 professor of chemical engineering, bioengineering, and biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology who received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [118]
John Bardeen Wisconsin Alpha, 1928 professor at the University of Illinois and co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972 [184]
Melvin Calvin Michigan Beta, 1931 biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley who shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the Calvin cycle [233]
William Alfred Fowler Ohio Gamma, 1933 nuclear physicist and astrophysicist, who share the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics [103]
Ivar Giaever New York Theta, 1952 physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics [233]
Donald A. Glaser Ohio Alpha, 1946 professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber [160]
John L. Hall Pennsylvania Gamma, 1956 physicist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in precision spectroscopy [233]
Jack Kilby Illinois Alpha, 1947 electrical engineer with Texas Instruments who was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics [146]
Irving Langmuir New York Alpha, 1903 chemist, physicist, and metallurgical engineer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry [233]
Paul Lauterbur Illinois Alpha, 1951 chemist and professor at Stony Brook University who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 [146]
Edwin McMillan California Beta, 1928 physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium [103]
Robert Andrews Millikan California Beta, 1891 president of the California Institute of Technology and physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 [157]
William E. Moerner Missouri Gamma, 1975 physical chemist and chemical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 [233]
Kary Mullis Georgia Alpha, 1966 biochemist who shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [169]
Linus Pauling Ohio Alpha, 1946 professor at California Institute of Technology and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 [160]
Martin Lewis Perl New York Zeta, 1948 chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton [233]
Edward Mills Purcell Indiana Alpha, 1933 physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids [233]
Frederick Reines New Jersey Alpha, 1939 physicist who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for the neutrino [233]
William Shockley California Beta, 1932 professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University and manager of a research group at Bell Labs that won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics [160]
Clifford Shull Pennsylvania Gamma, 1937 physicist who shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the neutron scattering technique [233]
Samuel C. C. Ting Michigan Gamma, 1959 physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle[233] [233]
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow New York Iota, 1941 medical physicist and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [233]
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Politics

United States Senate

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Steven Daines Montana Alpha, 1984 United States Senate and United States House of Representatives [234]
Ralph Flanders Massachusetts Beta, 1939 United States Senate [234]
James G. Scrugham Kentucky Alpha, 1900 United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Governor of Nevada [234][235]
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United States House

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LeRoy H. Anderson Montana Alpha, 1927 United States House of Representatives [171][234]
Joe Barton Texas Delta, 1972 United States House of Representatives [234]
Charles L. Faust Missouri Gamma, 1930 United States House of Representatives [111]
Dan Lipinski Illinois Gamma, 1988 United States House of Representatives [234]
Bill Luther Minnesota Alpha, 1967 United States House of Representatives [234]
Thomas Massie Massachusetts Beta, 1993 United States House of Representatives [234]
Archibald E. Olpp Pennsylvania Alpha, 1903 United States House of Representatives [234]
Lewis F. Payne Jr. Virginia Delta, 1967 United States House of Representatives [234]
Donald L. Ritter Pennsylvania Alpha, 1961 United States House of Representatives [234]
Joe Skeen New Mexico Alpha, 1950 United States House of Representatives [234]
Weston E. Vivian New York Mu, 1945 United States House of Representatives [234]
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United States Cabinet

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Samuel Bodman New York Delta, 1961 United States Secretary of Energy, United States Secretary of Treasury, and CEO and president of the Cabot Corporation [111][29]
D. Allen Bromley Connecticut Alpha, 1948 assistant to President George H. W. Bush for science and technology [29]
Herbert Hoover Jr. Kansas Alpha, 1925 United States Under Secretary of State [29][160]
Lisa P. Jackson Louisiana Beta, 1983 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [29]
W. Kenneth Davis California Alpha, 1940 United States Deputy Secretary of Energy [29]
Frederick H. Mueller Michigan Alpha, 1914 United States Secretary of Commerce [29]
Charles Erwin Wilson Pennsylvania Gamma, 1909 United States Secretary of Defense [29]
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Governors

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Bill Clements Texas Iota, 1985 Governor of Texas and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense [29][235]
Daniel J. Evans Washington Alpha, 1948 Governor of Washington, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and president of Evergreen State College [234][235]
Luis A. Ferre Puerto Rico Alpha, 1924 Governor of Puerto Rico [235]
Ernie Fletcher Kentucky Alpha, 1974 Governor of Kentucky, United States House of Representatives, and Kentucky House of Representatives [234][235]
Kirk Fordice Indiana Alpha, 1956 Governor of Mississippi [235]
Greg Gianforte New Jersey Alpha, 1983 Governor of Montana and United States House of Representatives [234]
Fob James Alabama Alpha, 1955 Governor of Alabama [235]
Joseph B. Johnson Vermont Alpha, 1915 Governor of Vermont, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, Vermont Senate, and Vermont House of Representatives [235]
Walter Philip Leber governor of the Panama Canal Zone [209]
Paul E. Patton Kentucky Alpha, 1959 Governor of Kentucky and president of University of Pikeville [235]
Milton Shapp Ohio Alpha, 1933 Governor of Pennsylvania [235]
John H. Sununu Massachusetts Delta, 1961 Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff [29][235]
Roberto Sánchez Vilella Ohio Gamma, 1934 Governor of Puerto Rico and Secretary of State of Puerto Rico [235]
John A. Volpe Massachusetts Delta, 1930 Governor of Massachusetts, United States Secretary of Transportation, and United States Ambassador to Italy [29][235]
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Diplomats

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Alton G. Keel Jr Virginia Alpha, 1966 United States Permanent Representative to NATO and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) [137]
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State and local politicians

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Michael Bloomberg Maryland Alpha, 1964 Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg L.P. [111]
Thomas H. Cormen New Hampshire House of Representatives; professor and chairman of the Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science
Kenneth A. Gibson New Jersey Gamma, 1963 mayor of Newark, New Jersey [111]
Francis X. Hurley Pennsylvania Beta, 1963 Massachusetts Auditor and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts [137]
Walter C. Sadler Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan [209]
Allen Simmons West Virginia House of Delegates [209]
Raymond Tucker Missouri Gamma, 1920 Mayor of St. Louis [111]
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Non-United States politicians

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Rodolfo Beltrán Bravo Texas Delta Minister of the Presidency of Peru
Fred Aghogho Brume Maine Alpha Senator of Nigeria
Leon Cordero President of Ecuador [236]
Gelasio Caetani New York Alpha, 1901 Italian Ambassador to the United States, Mayor of Rome, and delegate to Paris Peace Conference [111]
Khương Hữu Điểu South Vietnam Minister of Commerce and Deputy Minister of Commerce
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Technology and computer science

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Omolabake Adenle founder and CEO of AJA.LA software company [237]
Donna Auguste Colorado Beta co-founder and CEO of Freshwater Software; senior engineering manager at Apple Computer [238]
Charles Bachman Michigan Alpha, 1948 computer scientist and database technology pioneer [239]
Ralph Bernstein digital imaging and remote sensing engineer with IBM, Landsat Earth, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the Planetary Data System
Chester Carlson California Beta, 1930 inventor of electrophotography made famous by Xerox [157]
Seymour Cray Minnesota Alpha, 1949 supercomputer architect [111]
Mark Dean Tennessee Alpha, 1979 inventor and computer engineer [26][240]
David DiLaura pioneer in lighting calculation software [241]
Douglas Engelbart Oregon Alpha, 1948 engineer and inventor known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction [203]
David Filo Louisiana Beta, 1988 co-founder of Yahoo! [111]
Marcian Hoff New York Gamma, 1958 one of the inventors of the microprocessor [146]
Douglas W. Jones Illinois Alpha, 1980 computer scientist at the University of Iowa [242]
Robert Kahn New York Eta, 1960 computer scientist who proposed the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol [118]
Leonard Kleinrock Massachusetts Beta, 1962 computer scientist and Internet pioneer [118]
Donald Knuth Ohio Alpha, 1960 computer scientist and mathematician [146]
Omid Kordestani California Eta, 1984 executive chairman of Twitter; senior vice president and chief business officer of Google; and a director of Vodafone [111]
Sanjay Mehrotra California Alpha, 1978 co-founder, president and CEO of SanDisk; CEO of Micron Technology [111]
Bill Mensch Arizona Alpha, 1971 co-designer of the Motorola 6800 and MOS Technology 6502; founder, chairman, and CEO of the Western Design Center [111]
Robert Metcalfe Massachusetts Beta, 1968 co-inventor of Ethernet and co-founded 3Com [54]
Cleve Moler California Beta, 1961 one of the authors of LINPACK, EISPACK, Fortran; creator of MATLAB; and co-founder of MathWorks [111]
Ken Oshman Texas Gamma, 1963 Silicon Valley pioneer, co-founder of ROLM, and president and CEO of Echelon Corporation [111]
Joe Ossanna software designer and computer programmer at the Bell Telephone Laboratories [243]
Larry Page Michigan Gamma, 1995 co-founder of Google [54]
Roger S. Pressman software engineer [244]
Claude Shannon Michigan Gamma, 1936 computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory" and as the "father of the Information Age" [146]
Clara Shih California Gamma, 2005 co-founder and CEO of Hearsay Social [111][245]
W. David Sincoskie computer engineer who installed the first Ethernet local area network at Bellcore [246]
Wayne Stevens software engineer for IBM
Ivan Sutherland Pennsylvania Gamma, 1959 computer scientist and Internet pioneer [146]
Ray Tomlinson New York Gamma, 1963 computer programmer who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system [111]
Steve Wallach computer engineer and co-founder of Convex Computer
Willis Ware computer scientist with RAND Corporation who co-developed the IAS machine [247]
Jerry Yang California Gamma, 1990 founder and CEO of Yahoo [111]
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Sports

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Raúl Allegre Texas Alpha, 1984 professional football player [30]
Charles Armstrong Indiana Alpha, 1964 president of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball club [111]
Percy Beard Alabama Alpha, 1929 Olympic silver medalist for track and field [30]
Ed Bock Iowa Alpha, 1938 college football player [30]
Joe Bottom California Delta competitivr swimmer and Olympic silver medalist [248]
Avery Brundage Illinois Alpha, 1909 president of the International Olympic Committee [30]
Britton Chance Pennsylvania Delta, 1935 1952 Summer Olympics gold medalist for sailing; academic considered the founder of biomedical photonics [30][249]
David Clark New York Delta, 1982 silver medalist in the men's coxless four at the 1984 Summer Olympics [30]
Lynn Colella Washington Alpha, 1972 silver medalist for swimming in the 1972 Summer Olympics [30]
Bill Darnton Michigan Gamma swimmer in the 1960 Summer Olympics
Joseph H. Deckman Maryland Beta lacrosse player and coach
Rick Dennison Colorado Delta, 1979 professional football player and coach [211]
Nathan Dougherty New York Delta, 1913 Hall of Fame college football player; chairman of the Athletic Council and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee [30]
Adnan Gabeljic Missouri Epsilon, 2014 professional soccer player [30]
Ellis Gardner Georgia Alpha, 1983 professional football player [30]
John Garrels Michigan Gamma winner of the silver medal in the men's 110 metres hurdles and a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Paul G. Goebel professional football player [209]
Brian Gyetko Arizona Beta professional tennis player
Harry Hawkins college football player and first-team All-American; the national champion in the hammer throw in 1926
Stefan Humphries Michigan Gamma, 1984 professional football player [30]
Bryan Jacob Georgia Alpha, 1993 weightlifter who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics[30] [30]
Tom Kelly New York Epsilon, 1948 professional basketball player [30]
Bill Koch Massachusetts Beta, 1962 winner of the America's Cup in 1992 [111]
Brent Lang Michigan Gamma, 1990 competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medalist [30]
Lloyd Madden Colorado Alpha, 1941 professional football player [30]
Rikke Møller Pedersen Arizona Gamma, 1999 competitive swimmer specializing in breaststroke [30]
Bill Pritula Michigan Gamma college football player and coach
Aron Ralston Pennsylvania Gamma, 1997 mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker [211]
Tim Ruddy Indiana Gamma, 1994 professional football player [30]
Elmer Sleight Indiana Alpha, 1930 All-American college football player [30]
Donald Spero New York Delta former U.S. and world champion rower who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics [250]
Ward Van Orman Ohio Alpha, 1917 balloonist who won five National Balloon Races [111]
Jeffrey Vinik North Carolina Gamma, 1981 majority owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and a minority owner of the Boston Red Sox [111]
Herbert Voelcker Massachusetts Beta, 1951 sports shooter and Olympian [30]
Waldo Wegner Iowa Alpha, 1935 All-American college basketball player [30]
Bob Wiese Michigan Gamma professional football player
Bill Zapalac Texas Alpha, 1972 professional football player [30]
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