List of Pi Lambda Phi members

Below is a list of Pi Lambda Phi notable Alumni Brothers. Pi Lambda Phi is a fraternity in the United States.

Academia

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Harvey Burstein NE Chi 1941 David B. Schulman Professor Emeritus of Security at Northeastern University's College of Criminal Justice where he taught for 15 years, a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Chief, Foreign and Domestic Investigations, Surveys, and Physical Security, U.S. Department of State. Since leaving federal service Mr. Burstein has practiced law, been a security management consultant for various Fortune 500 companies, and worked as a corporate security director. He is the author of nine books on various aspects of security management and investigations. [1][2][3] Mark Eisner NY Beta 1905 grad Chairman of the Board of Higher Education, New York from 1931 to 1953 and New York State Assembly [1][4] Ralph Gerard IL Omicron 1919 neurophysiologist and behavioral scientist known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological basis of schizophrenia. Gerard was a professor at several universities including, the University of South Dakota, the University of Chicago, the College of Medicine, at the University of Illinois, Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford California, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he helped to establish the Mental Health Research Institute. He helped to organize the newly forming Irvine campus of the University of California, and became its first Dean of its Graduate Division until his retirement in 1970. After retirement he initiated the activities, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences, which led to the founding of the highly successful Society for Neuroscience. [1][4][5] Abraham Gillow PA Epsilon Zeta 1939 Dean of the Stern School of Business at New York University from 1965 to 1985 and currently Dean Emeritus and Professor in Economics Emeritus. Author of numerous books including Corruption in Corporate America: Who is Responsible? Who Will Protect the Public Interest? and Being the Boss: The Importance of Leadership and Power. [1][6][7][8] Steven A. Orszag MA Theta 1960 mathematician. He was the Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics at Yale University. Orszag specialized in fluid dynamics, especially turbulence, computational physics and mathematics, electronic chip manufacturing, computer storage system design, and other topics in scientific computing. His work included the development of spectral methods, pseudo-spectral methods, direct numerical simulations, renormalization group methods for turbulence, and very-large-eddy simulations. He was the founder of and/or chief scientific adviser to a number of companies, including Flow Research, Ibrix (now part of HPQ), Vector Technologies, and Exa Corp. He has been awarded 6 patents and has written over 400 archival papers. [1] Gene Sharp OH Alpha Epsilon 1949 Anarchist is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle: he has been called both the "Machiavelli of nonviolence" and the "Clausewitz of nonviolent warfare."[9] Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He held a research appointment at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs for almost 30 years. In 1983 he founded the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization devoted to studies and promotion of the use of nonviolent action in conflicts worldwide. [1] Paul R. Verkuil VA Psi 1958 Dean of the Tulane University Law School, a president of the College of William and Mary, and a dean of Cardozo School of Law. He also served as the CEO of the Automobile Association from 1992 to 1995. He is currently on the faculty of the Cardozo School of Law. In 2009, Verkuil was nominated by President Barack Obama to be head of the Administrative Conference of the United States. [1][10] Ezra Vogel OH Beta Sigma 1951 Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus at Harvard University. He started his career in 1960 as an assistant professor at Yale University and then as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard, studying Chinese language and history. He remained at Harvard, becoming professor in 1967 and succeeded John Fairbank as second director (1972–1977) of Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard. He was the second chairman of the Council for East Asian Studies (1977–1980). He was director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at the Center for International Affairs (1980–1987) and, since 1987, honorary director. He was director of the Undergraduate Concentration in East Asian Studies from its inception in 1972 until 1989. In 1993 he took a two-year leave of absence, serving as national intelligence officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council. He returned to Harvard in September 1995 to direct the Fairbank Center until 1999 and was head of the Asia Center from 1997 to 1999. The Japanese edition of Professor Vogel's book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America (1979) remains the all-time best-seller in Japan of non-fiction by a Western author. [1][11]

Joseph Weil

Art and architecture

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Ted Key CA Tau 1931 Cartoonist and writer, and creator of the cartoon series Hazel. [1] Joe Novak NH Pi 1950 Lawyer who served as a consultant to Puerto Rico Governor Luis A. Ferré turned artist, his works are on exhibit in over 100 public and private collections. Author of Something To Do With Wings: A Memoir [1][12] Joel Wachs CA Upsilon 1959 President of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., since 2001. He was previously a Los Angeles City Councilman who authored the nation's first law prohibiting discrimination against persons with AIDS. [1]

Business

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Louis Broido PA Gamma Sigma 1917 Executive vice president of Gimbels and commissioner of the New York City Department of Commerce. [1][13][14][15][16] Bennett Cerf NY Alpha 1916 Publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances in the panel game show What's My Line?. [1] Thomas M. Cole NY Delta 1940 President of the Federal Pacific Electric Company and holder of over 70 patents. [1][17] Mark Cuban PA Gamma Sigma 1976 Founded Audionet (later became Broadcast.com), current owner Dallas Mavericks [1] Jack Dreyfus PA Lambda 1931 Financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds. He is widely publicized for being the man who "invented" the commonplace mutual fund through direct marketing to the public. [1] Simon Fabian NY Gamma President of Fabian Theaters and Fabian Enterprises, the company that bought the Warner Brothers theaters as a result of the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. anti-trust case. [1][18][19] Leon Falk Jr. CT Iota 1922 Chairman of the Board of Weirton Steel from 1948 to 1952, executive director of National Steel's executive committee. Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh for 44 years. He was a longtime official of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and of other overseas relief agencies. He was active in helping Jews escape Nazi Germany and worked with Rafael Trujillo to establish a Jewish colony in the Dominican Republic in the 1930s. [1][20][21] Max Fisher OH Alpha Epsilon 1930 Businessman, philanthropist, and benefactor/alumnus of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. He was also the subject of articles, debates, TV documentaries, and a biography, entitled "Quiet Diplomat" by Peter Golden.[22] For decades Fisher also served as a trusted advisor to United States presidents and Israeli prime ministers. By quietly forging new ties between Washington and Jerusalem, Fisher pioneered a new era in Jewish activism and politics and was considered the elder statesman of North Jewry. [1] Ronald M. Freeman PA Lambda 1957 CEO and vice chairman at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney International from 1997 to 2000. From 1991 to 1997, he was the first vice president, head of banking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was the chief executive officer at Lipper International. Mr. Freeman is a senior advisor to the World Economic Forum and member of the Columbia University Law School International Institute. He is currently the co-treasurer and co-chair of the Development and Finance Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States board of directors. Mr. Freeman was granted an Order of Friendship (Orden Dostyk) by President Nazarbaev and the Cabinet of Kazakhstan. [1][23][24][25][26] Harold Gaba CA Tau 1964 CEO and president of Act III Communications Holdings, L.P, a United States film production company founded in partnership with Norman Lear. In 1999, Lear and Gaba became co-owners of Concord Records, which was founded as a small jazz label in Concord, California in 1973. [1] David Garth PA Omega Kappa 1949 A political media consultant considered to be one of the godfathers of the trade. He helped elect four New York City Mayors, John Lindsay, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. His other clients included Govs. Hugh L. Carey of New York, Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut and Brendan T. Byrne of New Jersey; Senators Arlen Specter and John Heinz of Pennsylvania; Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles and Senator Al Gore's underfunded New York presidential campaign primary. [1][27][28] Adi Godrej MA Theta 1960 Chairman of multibillion-dollar Indian conglomerate, the Godrej Group. [1] Nelson L. Goldberg PA Omega Gamma 1951 Telecommunications pioneer, developed first cable system acquired by Comcast, NFL Agent. [1] Hal Halpin FL Delta Upsilon 1989 Computer game executive and entrepreneur, and is the president and founder of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA). He is perhaps best known as the founder of the video game industry's retail trade association Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA) that merged with Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) to form Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA). [1] Larry Hochberg WI Omega 1955 Pioneer in the superstore format he co-founded Children's Bargain Town that eventually became Toys R Us. He also founded Sportmart the first superstore in the sporting goods category. Sportmart eventually merged with Gart Sports that eventually merged with Sports Authority. [1][29][30] Milton Kutsher PA Epsilon Zeta 1925 Head of Kutsher's Hotel, founder of Kutsher's Sports Academy and creator of the Maurice Stokes Basketball Game. It is said that the hotel served as the inspiration for the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing. He was a trustee of the Basketball Hall of Fame. [1][31][32][33][34][35] Arthur Shorin NY Omega Mu 1956 A CEO of the Topps company and son of Joseph Shorin, one of the co-founders of the company. [1] Joseph Shorin NY Gamma 1923 Co-founder of the Topps company, manufacturers of chewing gum, candy and collectibles. Topps introduced Bazooka along with the character Bazooka Joe and they were one of the creators of the "modern" baseball card. [1] Jonathan Spira PA Epsilon Zeta 1981 Researcher and industry analyst known for his work in the area of collaboration and knowledge sharing and the problem of information overload. Spira is the author of Overload! How Too Much Information Is Bad For Your Organization [1] Bernie Stolar CA Upsilon 1968 Businessman who worked in the video game industry for several important companies. His career started at Atari where he worked initially in the coin-op arcade division and eventually moved over to the home division in charge of platforms like Atari Lynx. Stolar became the first executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America where he launched the Sony PlayStation platform. He later joined Sega where he released the Dreamcast. [1] Chuck Steinmetz FL Delta 1958 Entomologist and entrepreneur, he developed a new and innovative formula for the delivery of a safe, effective and convenient once-a-year pest control service. He founded All America Termite & Pest Control in 1982 and grew it to $120M in sales before he sold it to Sears in 1997. [1][36][37] William J. Weisz MA Theta 1944 Motorola president in 1970, COO in 1972, CEO from 1986 to 1988 and chairman of the board from 1993 to 1997. Awarded the IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition in 1997. [1][38][39][40] William Zeckendorf NY Gamma 1925 Real estate developer who developed much of the New York City urban landscape through his development company Webb and Knapp [1]

Bennett Cerf Mark Cuban Adi Godrej Bud Selig William Zeckendorf Ben Cardin

Entertainment

Film and television

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Norm Abram MA Kappa Nu 1971 Carpenter on the PBS shows This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop. [1] Elliott Abrams PA Omega Gamma 1966 AccuWeather Chief Forecaster, known as "America's Wittiest Weatherman", is one of only a few living persons who has earned both the title of Certified Consulting Meteorologist and the AMS Seals of Approval for both radio and television from the Meteorological Society. [1] Lewis Black NC Omega Beta 1968 Grammy award-winning stand-up comedian, author, playwright and actor. He hosted Comedy Central's Root of All Evil and is the author of Me of Little Faith. [1] Howard Cosell NY Gamma 1936 Sports journalist and for a time a member of the ABC Monday Night Football crew. [1] Barry Farber NC Omega Beta 1949 conservative radio talk show host, author and language-learning enthusiast. He is the author of Making People Talk: You Can Turn Every Conversation into a Magic Moment, How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own and How to Not Make the Same Mistake Once. He has also written articles appearing in The New York Times, Reader's Digest, The Washington Post, and the Saturday Review. [1] James Ferman NY Delta 1948 Television and theatre director. He was the secretary (later termed director) of the British Board of Film Classification from 1975 to 1999. [41][42] Kevin James NY Kappa Gamma 1985 Comedian, actor, writer and producer, lead character on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. [43] Stanley Kramer NY Gamma 1933 Academy Award-nominated film director and producer, Inherit The Wind, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, winner Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. [1] Albert Lewin NY Gamma 1915? Film director, producer, and screenwriter. Lewin was appointed head of the MGM studio's script department and by the late 20s was Irving Thalberg's personal assistant and closest associate. Producing credits during this period include True Confession (1937), Spawn of the North (1938), Zaza (1939) and So Ends Our Night (1941). In the early 1940s, he formed an independent production company with David Loew and Stanley Kramer. [42] David Loew NY Gamma 1915 Film producer. He and his brother Arthur Loew were the twin sons of MGM founder Marcus Loew. After being elected to the board of directors of Loew's, Inc., in 1922, he resigned from the studio in 1935 to launch an independent production career. In the early 1940s, he formed an independent production company with Albert Lewin and Stanley Kramer. [42] Abby Mann PA Alpha Delta 1946 Film writer and producer best known for his work on controversial subjects and social drama. His most famous work is the drama Judgment at Nuremberg, which was initially a television drama aired in 1959. Stanley Kramer directed the 1961 film adaptation, for which Mann received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He created the television series Kojak, starring Telly Savalas. Mann was executive producer, but was credited as a writer also on many episodes. [1][44][45] Michael Mann WI Omega 1961 Academy Award-nominated & Emmy Award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Aviator. [1] Louis B. Mayer CA Kappa (1884–1957) was a Russian-born film producer. He is generally cited as the creator of the "star system" within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in its golden years. Known always as Louis B. Mayer and often simply as "L.B.", he believed in wholesome entertainment and went to great lengths so that MGM had "more stars than there are in the heavens". [1][46] Michael Piller NC Omega Beta 1967 Television scriptwriter and producer, who was most famous for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise. [1] Budd Schulberg NH Pi 1933 Screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He wrote What Makes Sammy Run?, The Harder They Fall, and the 1954 Academy-award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront. He has also been a sports writer and a chief boxing correspondent for Sports Illustrated and inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his contributions to the sport. [1] Shepard Traube PA Eta Film director and Broadway producer and director. Noted works were the film Hitler, Beast of Berlin based on his novel, Goose Steps and the play he directed, The Patriots. He was added to the Hollywood Blacklist in 1950. [47][48][49][50]

Lewis Black Howard Cosell Barry Farber Stanley Kramer Louis B. Mayer Budd Schulberg

Music

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Ray Evans PA Epsilon Zeta 1936 Three-time Academy Award-winning songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films and television. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs. He is the author of the Christmas standard Silver Bells. [1] Oscar Hammerstein II NY Alpha 1914 Academy Award and Tony Award-winning songwriter, theater producer. Works include Oklahoma!, Sound of Music, South Pacific (musical) and The King and I. [1] Elliot Lawrence PA Epsilon Zeta 1943 Jazz pianist and bandleader. He recorded copiously as a bandleader for Columbia, Decca, King, Fantasy, Vik, and Sesac between 1946 and 1960. After 1960, Lawrence gave up jazz and began composing and arranging for television, film, and stage. He won two Tony Awards in 1961 and 1962. [1] Enoch Light MD Rho 1925 Classical violinist, bandleader, & recording engineer. Credited with being one of the first musicians to create high-quality recordings & stereo effects in the 1950s & early 1960s. [1][51] Richard Rodgers NY Alpha 1919 Composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. One of only two persons to have won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy, a Tony Award, and a Pulitzer Prize. Works include Oklahoma!, Sound of Music, South Pacific (musical) and The King and I [1] Arthur Schwartz NY Gamma 1918 (omposer and film producer. Among his Broadway musicals are The Band Wagon, The Gay Life, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Jennie, and By the Beautiful Sea. His films include the MGM musical The Band Wagon with lyricist Howard Dietz. He worked for Columbia Pictures as a producer, his work including the 1944 musical Cover Girl.[52] His son Jonathan is a popular radio personality and sometime musician. His son Paul Schwartz is a composer, conductor, pianist and producer. [1] Jack Yellen MI Epsilon 1913 lyricist and screenwriter who wrote the lyrics to more than 200 popular songs of the early 20th century. Two of his most recognized songs, still popular in the 21st century, are "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Ain't She Sweet." Yellen's screenwriting credits included George White's Scandals, Pigskin Parade, Little Miss Broadway, and Submarine Patrol. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He wrote the Pi Lambda Phi song, "Brother Mine Forever". [1]

Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Arthur Schwartz

Law

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) Alvin Cassel FL Delta 1934 an attorney and founder of the law firm Broad and Cassel. He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 as director of the Economic Opportunity Program Inc., the Miami Chapter of the War on Poverty, Head Start, and Small Business Advisory. [1] Raymond Ehrlich FL Delta 1936 (b. 1918 – d. July 12, 2005). Ehrlich was a justice for the Florida Supreme Court. He was a judge from the U.S. state of Florida. Raymond Ehrlich served as the Florida Supreme Court Justice from 1981 to 1990. From 1988 to 1990 he served as Chief Justice. [1] David Ginsburg WV Mu 1929 An attorney whose career lasted 70 years and began with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a role he obtained with help from his mentor, United States Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter. He clerked for Justice William O. Douglas at the Supreme Court. In 1941 he became general counsel to the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply where he also hired Richard Nixon. He was a founding member of Americans for Democratic Action. He attended the Potsdam Conference and the Nuremberg Trials. As counsel to the Jewish Agency's office in Washington, he was part of an inner circle of advisers to the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann and helped smooth the way to the Truman administration's recognition of the new state of Israel. In the 1968 Kerner Commission Report, Ginsburg wrote the famous statement: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal." In 1981, he argued successfully on behalf of Henry Kissinger before the U.S. Supreme Court. Throughout his extensive career he worked with or on assignments for Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. [1][53][54] Arthur Garfield Hays NY Alpha 1901 Was a General Counsel Civil Liberties Union who worked on the Scopes Trial, Scottsboro Case, and Reichstag Trial. Died, 1954 [1] Edwin Goodman CN Tau Alpha 1940 was a Canadian lawyer and political figure known for his political work as an advisor and fundraiser for both the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and particularly the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, having been a friend and advisor to both Premier John Robarts and Premier Bill Davis. He was Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel [1] Sylvan Gotshal NY Alpha 1917 (1897–1968) noted textile industry attorney, founding member of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, was counsel to the Council of Style and Design, Textile Distributors Institute and a representative of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. He co-authored the book The Pirates Will Get You and drew up a number of codes for the National Recovery Administration in the first Administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was a president of the Arbitration Association and president of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. His decorations included the Star of Italian Solidarity, Vatican Medal, Officer of the French Legion of Honor and the Israel Award of Merit. [1][55][56] Nathan Jacobs PA Epsilon Zeta 1925 (died Jan. 25, 1989) New Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll appointed him to the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1948. Later that year, Chief Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt named him senior judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, a post he held for four years until Governor Driscoll named him to the Supreme Court again. He served there until his retirement in 1975. Justice Jacobs was a protege and longtime associate of the Chief Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt, who assumed the state's top judicial post after the 1947 constitutional convention that formulated the present New Jersey court system. The two men were major forces in the revamping of the court system and were guiding personalities on the courts in the ensuing decades. [1][57][58] Theodore W. Kheel NY Delta 1935 one of America's most distinguished professional mediators and one of New York City's most influential public advocates. He started in private practice and joined the National Labor Relations Board and eventually served as the executive director of the National War Labor Board. He served as president of the Urban League. He mediated numerous labor disputes and would ultimately serve as a mediator and advisor for virtually every New York City mayor from William O'Dwyer to Abraham Beame, for the Kennedy-Johnson Administration and other presidential administrations as well. The Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives is named for him and he is also the author of The Keys to Conflict Resolution. [1][59][60] Fred Levin FL Delta 1955 plaintiffs' attorney in the state of Florida. The Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida is named for him. He is best known for spearheading Florida's 1998 class-action lawsuit against the tobacco, the first such state to file a suit with the tobacco businesses. The Associated Press has referred to Levin as "one of the nation's most successful civil trial lawyers." [1][61] Horace S. Manges NY Alpha 1913 (1899–1986) an authority on copyright law, founding member of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, was counsel to the Book Publishers' Council from 1953 to 1970 and over the years represented several publishers, including Random House, Scribner's, Harper & Row, Dial Press and Little, Brown & Company. He also represented many authors, including William Faulkner, John O'Hara, Truman Capote, Whitaker Chambers and James Jones. He appeared several times before Congressional committees or argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of publishers or authors facing censorship attempts. He was a vice president and trustee of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and consultant to the Librarian of Congress on general revision of copyright law. [1][56][62][63] Arthur Markewich NY Delta 1926 In 1930, he became an Assistant District Attorney in New York County, in 1947, he was appointed City Magistrate for New York City by Mayor William O'Dwyer and in 1950 he was City Court Justice. After four years on that bench, he was elected to the Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District. Governor Nelson Rockefeller, in 1969, appointed Markewich to the Appellate Division First Department, where he remained until 1982. He was the justice presiding on the panel of Appellate Division judges that disbarred Richard M. Nixon in New York State after Mr. Nixon's resignation as President in 1974 after the Watergate scandal. [1][64] Leigh Steinberg CA Upsilon 1968 Sports agent and well-known sports attorney. Steinberg is often credited as the real life inspiration of the sports agent from the film Jerry Maguire. [1]

Raymond Ehrlich Leigh Steinberg

Literature and journalism

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) Herman Axelrod NY Alpha 1913 Wrote Home, James with Oscar Hammerstein II for The Varsity Show while at NY Alpha. Editor of the humor magazine The Jester. According to his son, George Axelrod, Herman was forced to give up writing and join his father's business. [1][65][66] Lawrence Fertig NY Alpha 1919 libertarian journalist and economic commentator. Fertig wrote columns for the New York World-Telegram and the New York Sun.[67] Fertig also wrote the 1961 Regnery Press offering, Prosperity Through Freedom. [1][68] Bernard Goldhirsh MA Theta 1958 Founder of the magazines, Sail, High Technology, and Inc. [1][69][70] Clifford Irving NY Delta 1948 (b. 1930) is an author of several novels and works of nonfiction beginning with, On a Darkling Plain in 1956 to his most recent, I Remember Amnesia in 2004. He is best known for using forged handwritten letters to convince his publisher into accepting a fake "autobiography" of reclusive businessman Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. The 2005 film The Hoax, stars Richard Gere as Irving and is based on Clifford's book, The Hoax. [1][71] Moritz A. Jagendorf NY Alpha 1909 was a noted anarchist,[72] folklorist, author and dentist. He wrote for Hippolyte Havel's Revolt and co-edited The Road to Freedom with Harry Kelly and wrote the books Tales Of Mystery: Folk Tales from Around the World and Folk Wines, Cordials & Brandies: How to Make Them, Along with the Pleasures of Their Lore. In an interview in 1978 he said, "The only progress is in the individual, in you yourself; and through progress you better the whole world. And that is as far as you can go. I said that in 1914 to Leonard Abbott and again in the 1920s and 1930s, and I still say it today." [1][73] D. Herbert Lipson PA Sigma 1948 Chairman of Metrocorp, a media conglomerate in Philadelphia that publishes lifestyle magazines in numerous regions across the United States including Boston Magazine and Philadelphia Magazine. The latter has won numerous National Magazine Awards. He and his founding editor Alan Halpern are credited with inventing the city magazine format in Philadelphia in the early 1960s. [1] Dan Senor CN Kappa Iota 1990 Contributor to Fox News, MSNBC, frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and co-author of Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle written with Saul Singer, about the economy of Israel and globalization in the Middle East. He is most noted as chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority while in Iraq. [1] Herman Wouk NY Alpha 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose novels include The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. [1] Jeffrey Zaslow PA Beta Zeta 1977 Journalist and a columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He is the co-author of The Last Lecture with Randy Pausch and Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters with Chesley Sullenberger and the author of The Girls from Ames. While working at the Chicago Sun-Times, he received the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award. Zaslow was honored for using his column to run programs that benefited 47,000 disadvantaged Chicago children. [1]

Herman Wouk Jeffrey Zaslow

Military

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) J. Timothy Riker OH Beta Tau 1969 Retired Rear Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard. In 30 years of service, he earned more than 25 medals, including the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and Meritorious Service Medal with Operational Distinguishing Device, and Gold Star. [1][74] John Ogonowski MA Alpha Epsilon 1970 Pilot in the U. S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, flying C-141 transport aircraft.[75] He was piloting Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked and flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the 9/11 attacks. A resident of Dracut, Massachusetts, Ogonowski was a leading figure on behalf of farming in Massachusetts, particularly for immigrant farmers from Cambodia,[76] whom he assisted as part of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. [1] James A. Zimble PA Tau Omega 1952 Commissioned officer in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy. His navy career spanned 35 years of service, beginning in 1956 at the rank of ensign and ending in 1991 at the rank of vice admiral. He served as the 30th Surgeon General of the United States Navy from 1987 to 1991. After retiring from the navy in 1991, Zimble was appointed president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He remained in that position until 2004. Honors and awards that Dr. Zimble has received during his 35 years serving the US Navy include the Surgeon General's Medallion, the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the US Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Department of Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (three awards), the Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Founder's Medal. He was president of the Uniformed Services University from 1991 to 2004. [1]

John Ogonowski James A. Zimble

Politics

U.S. Congress

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) Ben Cardin PA Gamma Sigma 1961 U.S. Senator (D), Maryland [1] Eliot Engel NY Alpha Mu 1967 U.S. Representative (D), New York, 1989 to 2021. [1] Herbert Kohl WI Omega 1953 U.S. Senator (D), Wisconsin, from 1989 to 2013, owner Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) [1] Arlen Specter PA Epsilon Zeta 1948 U.S. Senator (D), Pennsylvania from 1980 to 2010. In 2006 he was selected by Time as one of America's Ten best senators. Died, 2012. [1][77] Sidney R. Yates IL Omicron 1927 U.S. Representative (D), 9th District, Illinois, from 1949 to 1963 and 1965 to 1999. Presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Died 2000. [1]

Eliot Engel Herbert Kohl

Parliament of Canada

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) Peter Bercovitch CN Eta 1924 Canadian provincial and federal politician served in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1919 to 1938 and acclaimed to the House of Commons of Canada in 1938 and served until his death in office in late 1942. He was created a King's Counsel in 1911. [1] David Croll CN Tau Alpha 1924 Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Mayor of Windsor, Ontario and became Canada's first Jewish cabinet minister when he became Minister of Public Welfare. House of Commons of Canada from 1945 to 1955 and appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1955, becoming Canada's first Jewish senator. Died, 1991. [1]

Arlen Specter Sidney Yates

U.S. Cabinet and cabinet level positions

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) Mortimer Caplin VA Omega Alpha 1933 Lawyer appointed U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. Recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest award conferred by the Secretary of the Treasury for his "distinguished leadership". [1][78][79] David Temple VA Omega Alpha 1969 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Operations at the Commerce Department and Recipient of the Department of Commerce Silver Medal as well as Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award for outstanding leadership and contributions in government reinvention; and a Virginia Deputy Secretary of Education. He is the first African-initiated into an NIC fraternity at the University of Virginia. [80][81][82] Michael H. Moskow PA Sigma 1956 President and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He took office in September 1994 and retired in August 2007 in keeping with the Federal Reserve's mandatory retirement policy. In 2007, he served as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, bringing the Seventh Federal Reserve District's perspective to policy discussions in Washington. [1]

Mortimer Caplin Michael Moskow

State and local

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability Ref(s) Michael E. Busch PA Alpha Delta 1972 A member of the Democratic Party, Busch was the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 until his death in April 2019. He represented the 30th district in Anne Arundel County, which includes the state capital of Annapolis, from 1987 to 2019. [1][83] Miguel A. De Grandy FL Delta 1977 Served in the Florida House of Representatives representing District 114 from 1989 to 1994. [1][84] Malcolm Kenyatta PA Alpha Delta 2010 A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Pennsylvania State Representative for the 181st district since 2019, and as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee since 2025. [85] Courtney Malveaux PA Omega Gamma 1988 Appointed by Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell May 3, 2010, as the 17th commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry. Currently serves as vice chairman of the board for the Martin Luther King Jr. Living History and Public Policy Center. [1][86] Ed Rendell PA Epsilon Zeta 1962 45th Governor of Pennsylvania (D) serving from 2002 to 2010. Served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 presidential election. Mayor of Philadelphia from 1991 to 1999. [1] Robert Shevin FL Delta 1952 Florida Attorney General from 1971 until 1979. Served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He later served as judge for the Third District Court of Appeal from 1996 to 2005. [1] Albert Tieburg CA Tau 1936 A 30-year California civil servant and Dir. of the California Department of Employment (1962–1968) under Governor Pat Brown. An early proponent of minority hiring, he was widely regarded as the most innovative manpower administrator in the nation. He inaugurated the first Manpower Training Skills Centers in the nation in Watts and Oakland; started the first multiservice center to be operated by any state employment service; and developed the first Minority Employment Program, hiring a minority employment representative in all 47 of the state's employment offices. [1][87] Norman S. Weinberg VA Psi 1937 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1952 to 1978, justice of the Massachusetts District Court, Brighton 1981–1991, executive director of New England Association for Mediation and Arbitration (NEAMA) 1991–2000. [1][88][89][90]

Michael E. Busch Robert Shevin

Diplomacy

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Laurence Steinhardt NY Alpha 1909 U.S. Minister to Sweden, U.S. Ambassador to Peru, the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. While ambassador to Turkey, Steinhardt was involved in limited rescues of Hungarian Jews from Bergen Belsen and he also played a significant role in helping many eminent intellectuals fleeing Europe to find refuge in Turkey while ambassador there. [1]

Laurence Steinhardt

Science medicine, and technology

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Edward S. Baum OK Iota 1955 Opened the second Ronald McDonald House and served on the board of directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities, and became a tireless consultant and volunteer helping other cities and hospitals open Ronald McDonald Houses. He is also the founder of the One Step at a Time camps for children with cancer. [1][91][92] Eric Brewer CA Tau 1987 Main inventor of a wireless networking scheme called WiLDNet. He also was made a tenured professor at UC Berkeley at the age of 32. In 1996, Brewer co-founded Inktomi Corporation. He is known for promoting the CAP Theorem about distributed network applications. [1] Nathan Cohn MA Theta 1923 Electrical engineer, who was best known for his contributions to the control of interconnected electric power systems. [93] Murray Feingold PA Tau Omega 1949 Physician-in-chief of The Feingold Center for Children, the National Birth Defects Center and a medical editor of WBZ radio and television. He has received a New England Emmy Award, authored 178 medical articles, written two books, including Genetics and Birth Defects in Clinical Practice and has been on the faculty of Tufts, Boston University and Harvard medical schools. He was the physician who first described Feingold syndrome (also called oculodigitoesophagoduodenal syndrome) a rare autosomal dominant hereditary disorder. In 1982 he founded the Genesis Fund, a non-profit organization created to bridge the gap between coordinated medical care and typical health insurance coverage. Died, 2015. [1][94][95] Richard P. Feynman MA Theta 1939 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics, Father of Quantum Electrodynamics [93] Brent Glass PA Sigma 1966 Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of History. Prior to joining the Smithsonian December 30, 2002, he was executive director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a position he held for fifteen years (1987–2002). [1] Marshall Warren Nirenberg FL Delta 1945 Biochemist and geneticist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Robert W. Holley for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis. In the same year, together with Har Gobind Khorana, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. [1] Mitchell S. Rosenthal PA Sigma 1953 Pioneer in substance abuse treatment who began work in the field in 1965 and has served as a White House advisor on drug policy, Special Consultant to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and chair of the New York State Advisory Council on Substance Abuse from 1985 to 1997. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. As a U.S. Navy psychiatrist, he established the first service-connected therapeutic community and subsequently founded Phoenix House in 1967 when he was Deputy Commissioner of New York City's Addiction Services Agency. Since resigning his city post in 1970, Dr. Rosenthal has built Phoenix House into the Nation's largest nonprofit substance abuse services system. [1][96][97] Melvin Sabshin FL Delta 1941 Medical director for the Psychiatric Association from 1974 to 1997 and author of the book Changing Psychiatry: A Personal Perspective. He is widely recognized for helping shape and advance the APA during his tenure and was recognized with an award in 1997 by the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists for his longtime support of the AGLP. [1][98][99][100] Max Tishler MA Xi 1928 Scientist at Merck & Co. who led the research teams that synthesized ascorbic acid, riboflavin, cortisone, miamin, pyridoxin, pantothenic acid, nicotinamide, methionine, threonine, and tryptophan. He also led a microbiological group that developed the fermentation processes for actinomycin D, vitamin B12, streptomycin, and penicillin. Tishler invented sulfaquinoxaline for the treatment for coccidiosis. [1]

Nathan Cohn Richard P. Feynman Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Sports

Name Original chapter Initiation year Notability References Harrison Dillard OH Beta Tau 1948 1948 Summer Olympics & 1952 Summer Olympics Gold Medalist, Scout for the Cleveland Indians [1] Artis Gilmore FL Delta Tau 1970 ABA and NBA player and is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He is an eleven-time All-Star, the ABA Rookie of the Year, and an ABA MVP, and he remains the NBA career leader for field goal percentage and the top player in rebounds per game in the history of NCAA Division I basketball. [1] Randy Grossman PA Alpha Delta 1972 NFL tight end who played for eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and earned a Super Bowl Ring in Super Bowls IV, X, XIII and XIV. [1] Jimmy Johnson CA Upsilon 1959 NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers. Enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994. He played both offense and defense as an NCAA Division I college football player at UCLA. [1] Rafer Johnson CA Upsilon 1956 1956 Summer Olympics & 1960 Summer Olympics Decathlon Gold Medalist, helped wrestle Sirhan Sirhan to the floor immediately after Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy [101][102] Sandy Koufax OH Mu 1954 Pitcher Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966, inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 [1] Rudy LaRusso NH Pi 1956 5-time NBA All-Star for the Minneapolis Lakers. [1] Irving Mondschein NY Gamma 1947 The National AAU decathlon champion in 1944, 1946, and 1947 and the high jump champion at the 1947 and 1948 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships. He finished 6th in the decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He is one of the few people to coach two different countries in the Olympics. He led the Israeli track and field team at the 1952 Summer Olympics (the first Games in which Israel competed) and then coached the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also coached the U.S. track team at the 1950, 1981, and 1985 Maccabiah Games. He was the assistant track coach (1965–79) and the head coach (1979–87) at the University of Pennsylvania. He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame [1][103][104][105] Amin Nikfar CA Tau 2002 Iranian shot putter. Amin finished 1st (Gold) in the 2004 Asian Indoor Championships, tenth at the 2005 Asian Championships and he competed at the 2008 Olympic Games. His personal best throw is 20.05 metres, achieved in July 2011 in Toronto which qualified him for the 2012 London Olympics. [1] Al Rosen FL Omega Eta 1947 major league third baseman and right-handed slugger. He played his entire 10-year career (1947–1956) with the Cleveland Indians in the League, where he drove in 100 or more runs 5 years in a row, was a 4-time All-Star, twice led the league in home runs and twice in RBIs, and was an MVP. He was president (and chief operating officer) of the Yankees (1978–79), then the Astros (1980–85), and then president and general manager of the Giants (1985–92). Died, 2015 [1] Dick Savitt NY Delta 1947 Ranked #2 in the world at the height of his short career, he is one of the three men to have won both the Australian and British Tennis Championships in one year (following Don Budge (1938), and preceding Jimmy Connors (1974)). In 1961, he won both the Singles and Doubles (with Mike Franks) gold medals at the World Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1976, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1986. [1] Bud Selig WI Omega 1953 Commissioner of Major League Baseball [1] Lewis Wolff WI Omega 1957 Co-owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball and the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. [1]

Artis Gilmore Sandy Koufax Al Rosen