List of Theta Xi brothers

The list of Theta Xi brothers includes initiated and honorary members of Theta Xi.

Notable alumni

Notable members are listed by name and chapter.

Arts and entertainment

• Richard Boone (Tau), Emmy winning actor
• Jim Davis (Kappa Kappa 159), creator of Garfield comic strip
• Bruce Davison, Golden Globe-winning actor
• Bill Dedman (Iota 1089), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author
• Jay Alders (Gamma Mu 11), Internationally acclaimed Visual Artist. Named "Best Surf Artist of the Decade" by Brazil's Alma Surf Magazine
• Bill Doleman (Alpha Epsilon), Studio Analyst for Root Sport Southwest
• Buddy De Sylva (Alpha Nu 78), Oscar-nominated composer, producer, and executive
• Henderson Forsythe, Tony award-winning actor and one of the actors who has played Colonel Sanders for KFC
• Ferde Grofé (Alpha Nu 340), Noted Composer
• Charles Lederer, film screenwriter, Tony award double winner, producer
• Jack Lindquist (Alpha Nu 263), former president of Disneyland (1990–1994)
• Dudley Nichols, Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Richard Reeves, Author and syndicated columnist

Business and education

• Palmer C. Ricketts (Alpha 84), Ninth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• William F. Sharpe (Alpha Zeta 402), Awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics for his Capital Asset Pricing Model.
• Travis Kalanick (Alpha Zeta 1223), Founder & CEO of Uber.

Government, military and politics

• Major William H. Wiley (Alpha 11, 1st President of the Grand Lodge), major in the Union Army during the Civil War and United States Representative from New Jersey
• Eric O'Neill (Beta Zeta 707, Auburn University) - a former American FBI operative. He worked as an Investigative Specialist, of the Special Surveillance Group (SSG), and played a pivotal role in the arrest and life imprisonment conviction of his fellow agent, Robert Hanssen, for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia. Subject of the movie Breach
• Claude Harris, Jr. (Alpha Lambda 421) (University of Alabama) - US Congress Representative from Alabama (1987–1993); Circuit Judge, 1977–1985; was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992
• James S. Voss (Beta Zeta 312), Astronaut; He is a veteran of five space missions and lived on the International Space Station for five and a half months.
• Mayson Foster (Beta Pi 42, Southeastern Louisiana University) – Mayor of Hammond, Louisiana
• Jim Donelon (Beta Xi 27, University of New Orleans) - Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Former State Representative
• Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. (Beta Zeta 409, Auburn University) - 17th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
• Frank Church (Tau Chapter), Stanford University - United States Senator from Idaho 1957-1981
• Donald H. Magnuson (Upsilon Chapter) - U.S. Congressman from Washington
• John S. McCain, Jr. (Kappa Lambda 82 - Alumni Initiate - Old Dominion University) Admiral USN (Ret.)
• Alva B. Adams (Beta 209, Yale University) - U.S. Senator from Colorado 1923-1924, 1933-1941

Science and technology

• Charles Hayden (Delta 24), MIT's Charles Hayden Memorial Library and the Boston Museum of Science's Charles Hayden Planetarium are named after him
• Edwin Howard Armstrong (Epsilon 70), inventor and the Father of FM Radio
• Allen B. DuMont (Alpha 349), American scientist and inventor
• James Hall (Alpha 38) Geologist and Paleontologist
• Emil Praeger (Alpha 272), American architect and civil engineer.
• Raymie Strata (Delta Chapter - MIT) Inventor
• Frederick Winslow Taylor (Gamma 53), Father of Scientific Management

Sports

• Lee Eilbracht (Alpha Beta 463), lead Illinois to four Big Ten baseball titles, and had a brief stint with the Chicago Cubs before becoming a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• Al Brosky (Alpha Beta 563), Illinois safety and member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
• Ryan Mathews (Kappa Sigma 1141), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver for Bill Davis Racing.
• Tom Penders (Alpha Pi 573), Head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston.
• Bob Schaefer (Alpha Pi 570), former manager of the Kansas City Royals.
• Frank Quilici (Beta Theta 54), former manager of the Minnesota Twins.
• Jerry Tagge (Alpha Epsilon 916), National Championship American football quarterback for the 1970 and 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Green Bay Packers.
• Steve Wright (Alpha Lambda 430), played on University of Alabama Sugar Bowl team, Green Bay fifth-round pick in 1964.
• Ray Clay (Gamma Kappa 35), ex-Chicago Bulls Announcer.

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