This list of notable alumni is based on Wikipedia’s List of Alpha Kappa Psi members.

U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents

Ronald Reagan was initiated as an honorary member in 1963 by the Alpha Zeta chapter at USC. This preceded his entrance into elected office.
Richard Nixon was initiated as an honorary member in 1960 by the Beta Omicron chapter at Wayne State University. He was U.S. Vice President at that time.

* U.S. President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) (Alpha Zeta)
* U.S. President Richard Nixon (1969-1974) (Beta Omicron)

U.S. Senators and Representatives

Thomas Eagleton was initiated as an honorary member at the Upsilon Chapter on December 15, 1967.
Barry Goldwater, a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Arizona was initiated by the Beta Mu chapter at GWU. He was the Republican Party’s nominee for the 1964 U.S. Presidential Election.

* U.S. Senator from Tennessee Lamar Alexander (2002-Current) (Delta Kappa)
* U.S. Senator from Wyoming Michael B. Enzi (1997-Current) (Beta Mu)
* U.S. Senator from Indiana Richard Lugar (1977-Current) (Indianapolis Alumni)
* U.S. Senator from Oregon Mark O. Hatfield (1967-1997) (Kappa)
* U.S. Senator from Mississippi John C. Stennis (1947-1989); President Pro Tempore (1987-1989) (Delta Lambda)
* U.S. Senator from Missouri Thomas F. Eagleton (1969-1987) (Upsilon)
* U.S. Senator from Arizona Barry M. Goldwater (1953-1965, 1969-1987) (Beta Mu)
* U.S. Senator from Texas John G. Tower (1961-1985) (Epsilon Eta)
* U.S. Senator from Washington Henry M. Jackson (1953-1983) (Rho)
* U.S. Senator from Georgia Herman E. Talmadge (1957-1981) (Pi)
* U.S. Senator from Michigan Robert P. Griffin (1966-1979); Senate Minority Whip (1969-1977) (Epsilon Zeta)
* U.S. Senator from New Mexico Joseph M. Montoya (1964-1977) (Beta Tau)
* U.S. Senator from Arkansas John L. McClellan (1943-1977) (Epsilon Omicron)
* U.S. Senator from Missouri W. Stuart Symington (1953-1976) (Delta Sigma)
* U.S. Senator from Florida Edward J. Gurney (1969-1974) (Alpha Phi)
* U.S. Senator from Texas Ralph W. Yarborough (1957-1971) (Beta Tau)
* U.S. Senator from Illinois Paul H. Douglas (1949-1967) (Epsilon)
* U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Leverett A. Saltonstall (1945-1967) Senate Majority/Minority Whip (Gamma Nu)
* U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Alexander Wiley (1939-1963) (Delta Phi)
* U.S. Senator from Wyoming Frank A. Barrett (1953-1959) (Beta Nu)
* U.S. Senator from California Richard Nixon (1950-1953) (Beta Omicron)
* U.S. Senator from Nebraska Kenneth Wherry (1943-1951) Senate Majority/Minority Whip, Senate Minority Leader (Xi)
* U.S. Senator from Kansas Harry Darby (1949-1950) (Psi)
* U.S. Senator from North Carolina William B. Umstead (1946-1948) (Alpha Tau)
* U.S. Senator from New Jersey Arthur Walsh (1943-1944) (Alpha)
* U.S. Representative from North Carolina, William B. Umstead (1933-1939) (Alpha Tau)
* U.S. Representative from Texas, 19th District Randy Neugebauer (2003-Current) (Eta Theta)
* U.S. Representative from Nebraska, 2nd District Harold Daub (1981-1989) (Alpha Lambda)
* U.S. Representative from Texas, 19th District Kent Hance (1979–1985) (Eta Theta)
* U.S. Representative from Virginia, 6th District James Lindsay Almond, Jr. (1946-1948) (Beta Xi)
* U.S. Representative from Florida, 3rd District Millard F. Caldwell (1933-1941) (Alpha Phi)
* U.S. Representative from California, 12th District Richard Nixon (1947-1950) (Beta Omicron)
* U.S. Representative from Wyoming, At-Large Frank A. Barrett (1943–1951) (Beta Nu)
* U.S. Representative from Washington, 2nd District Henry M. Jackson (1941-1953) (Rho)
* U.S. Representative from Michigan, 9th District Robert P. Griffin (1957-1966)(Epsilon Zeta)
* U.S. Representative from New Mexico, At-Large Joseph M. Montoya (1957-1964) (Beta Tau)
* U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 6th District John L. McClellan (1935-1938) (Epsilon Omicron)
* U.S. Representative from Florida, 11th & 5th District Edward J. Gurney (1962-1968) (Alpha Phi)
* U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1st District William H. Avery (1955-1965) (Alpha Omega)
* U.S. Representative from Illinois, At-Large William Stratton (1940-42, 1944-46) (Delta Psi)

U.S. Secretaries, chairs, and advisors

* U.S. Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges (Alpha Tau)
* U.S. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper (Beta Eta)
* U.S. Secretary of Commerce C. R. Smith (Iota)
* U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney (Phi)
* U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (Phi)
* U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander
* Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams
* U.S. Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington (Served as the First Secretary) (1947-1950) (Delta Sigma)
* Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin, Jr. (Beta Mu)
* Presidential Economic Advisor Walter Heller, Advisor to the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (Alpha Eta) Administrations
* Commissioner of Internal Revenue Daniel C. Roper (Beta Eta)
* Chief Accountant United States Securities and Exchange Commission L. Glenn Perry (1982-1984) (Epsilon Lambda)

Federal judges

* James Lindsay Almond, Jr. – Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1962-1982); Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals (1982-1986) (Beta Xi)
* Otto Kerner, Jr. – Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (19681974)

State Governors

* Governor of Arkansas Carl E. Bailey (1937-1941) (Beta Zeta)
* Governor of Minnesota Harold E. Stassen (1939-1943) (Alpha Eta)
* Governor of Massachusetts Leverett A. Saltonstall (1939-1945)(Gamma Nu)
* Governor of West Virginia Clarence W. Meadows (1945-1949) (Alpha Delta)
* Governor of Florida Millard F. Caldwell (1945-1949) (Alpha Phi)
* Governor of Nebraska Val Peterson (1947-1953) (Zeta)
* Governor of Wyoming Frank A. Barrett (1951-1953) (Beta Nu)
* Governor of North Carolina William B. Umstead (1953-1954) (Alpha Tau)
* Governor of Georgia Herman E. Talmadge (1947-1955) (Pi)
* Governor of California Goodwin J. Knight (1953-1959) (Alpha Zeta)
* Governor of Wisconsin Vernon W. Thomson (1957-1959) (Alpha Mu)
* Governor of Michigan G. Mennen Williams (1949-1961) (Eta Zeta)
* Governor of Illinois William G. Stratton (1953-1961) (Delta Psi)
* Governor of North Carolina Luther H. Hodges (1954-1961) (Alpha Tau)
* Governor of Florida LeRoy Collins (1955-1961) (Beta Psi)
* Governor of Michigan George W. Romney (1954-1962) (Phi)
* Governor of Virginia James Lindsay Almond, Jr. (1958-1962) (Beta Xi)
* Governor of Georgia S. Ernest Vandiver (1959-1963) (Pi)
* Governor of Michigan John B. Swainson (1961-1963) (Eta Zeta)
* Governor of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen (1961-1963) (Alpha Eta)
* Governor of Vermont F. Ray Keyser, Jr. (1961-1963) (Gamma Omicron)
* Governor of Kansas John Anderson, Jr. (1961-1965) (Psi)
* Governor of Oregon Mark O. Hatfield (1959-1967) (Kappa)
* Governor of Georgia Carl E. Sanders (1963-1967) (Atlanta Alumni)
* Governor of Florida W. Haydon Burns (1965-1967)
* Governor of Kansas William H. Avery (1965-1967) (Alpha Omega)
* Governor of Illinois Otto Kerner, Jr. (1961-1968) (Epsilon)
* Governor of Tennessee Buford Ellington (1959-1963, 1967-1971) (Delta Kappa)
* Governor of Wisconsin Warren P. Knowles (1965-1971) (Alpha Mu)
* Governor of Colorado John Arthur Love (1963-1973) (Gamma Zeta)
* Governor of Missouri Warren E. Hearnes (1965-1973) (Delta Sigma)
* Governor of Texas Preston E. Smith (1969-1973) (Eta Theta)
* Governor of California Ronald Reagan (1966-1975) (Alpha Zeta)
* Governor of Utah Calvin L. Rampton (1965-1977) (Alpha Theta)
* Governor of Iowa Robert D. Ray (1969-1983) (Beta Phi)
* Governor of Michigan William G. Milliken (1969-1983) (Motor City Alumni)
* Governor of Tennessee Lamar Alexander (1979-1987) (Delta Kappa)
* Lt. Governor of Missouri Thomas F. Eagleton (1965-1968) (Upsilon)
* Lt. Governor of New Mexico Joseph M. Montoya (1947-1957) (Beta Tau)
* Lt. Governor of Michigan William G. Milliken (1965-1969) (Motor City Alumni)
* Lt. Governor of Texas Preston Smith (1963-1968)
* Lt. Governor of Wisconsin Warren P. Knowles (1965-1961)
* Lt. Governor of Michigan John Swainson (1958-1960) (Motor City Alumni)
* Lt. Governor of Georgia Ernest Vandiver (1954-1958)
* Lt. Governor of North Carolina Luther H. Hodges (1952-1954)

State legislators and civic leaders

* James Antonio – State Auditor of Missouri, 1978-1984 (Upsilon)
* W. Haydon Burns – Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1949-1965)
* Hal Daub – Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska (1995-2001) (Alpha Lambda)
* Richard Lugar Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
* Neal Randolph Fosseen – Mayor of Spokane, Washington (1960-1967)
* Robert D. Ray, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa
* Oscar Arthur Kirkman – Mayor of High Point, North Carolina (1939-1943); North Carolina House of Representatives (1949-1952); North Carolina State Senator, 17th District (1953-1959)
* Tom Adams – Secretary of State of Florida (1961-1971)
* Millard F. Caldwell – Florida House of Representatives (1929-1932) (Alpha Phi)
* Jim Tullis – Florida State of Representatives, 17th District (1999-Present)
* Willie F. Logan – Florida House of Representatives, 103rd District (1983-Present)
* Robert D. Fleming – Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1938-1950); Pennsylvania State Senator (1950-Present)
* Frank Patton Cooke – North Carolina State Senator, 26th District (1955-1959)
* Clarence W. Meadows – West Virginia House of Delegates, Raleigh County (1931-1932)
* Richard Arthur Young – Michigan House of Representatives, 32nd & 33rd Districts (1965-1994)
* Kent Hance – Texas State Senate, 28th District (1975–1979); Chancellor of Texas Tech University (2007-Present)
* Charles Lake, PhD – Life Member, Business Academic Chair Faulkner State College (1986–present)
* Frank A. Barrett – Wyoming State Senator (Beta Nu)
* Thomas F. Eagleton – Attorney General of Missouri (1961-1965) (Upsilon)
* Joseph M. Montoya – New Mexico House of Representatives; New Mexico State Senate

State judges

* Millard F. Caldwell – Justice of Florida State Supreme Court (1962-1969) (Alpha Phi)
* Robert P. Griffin – Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court (1987-1994)
* William G. Milliken – Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court (Motor City Alumni)

International

* Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990; 1993-1996) (Xi Chi)
* Leonard Firestone, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium (1974-1976) (Alpha Zeta)
* Robert S. McNamara, president of the World Bank Group (1968-1981) (Phi)
* Val Peterson, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1957-1961) (Zeta)
* Val Peterson, U.S. Ambassador to Finland (1969–1973) (Zeta)
* Daniel C. Roper, U.S. Ambassador to Canada (1939) (Beta Eta)
* G. Mennen Williams, U.S. Ambassador to The Philippines (1968)

Business and Industry Leaders

Retail

* Jack E. Bush, former president and director of Michaels arts and crafts stores; president of Raintree Partners (Upsilon)
* Artemus D. Davis, President, Winn-Dixie (Alpha Kappa)
* J.E. Davis, Founder, Winn-Dixie
* Bernard Faubert, Chief Executive Officer, K-Mart
* Joyce C. Hall, Founder, Hallmark Cards (Psi)
* Bernie Marcus, Founder, The Home Depot
* Gordon M. Metcalf, Chairman and CEO, Sears Holdings Corporation (Gamma)
* James Cash Penney, Founder, J. C. Penney (Upsilon)
* John W. Taylor, Senior Vice President, McGraw-Hill (Epsilon Chi)
* Bert L. Thomas, President, Winn-Dixie (Alpha Theta)
* Sam M. Walton, Founder, Wal-Mart (Upsilon)

Media

* Malcolm ‘Steve’ Forbes Jr., Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Magazine
* Randolph C. Wood, Vice President, Paramount Pictures (Delta Kappa)

Pharmaceuticals

* E. Gifford Upjohn, President, Upjohn (Gamma Tau)

Hotels

* J. Willard Marriott, Founder, Marriott International (Beta Mu)

Aeronautics

* William M. Allen, president of Boeing from 1945-1970; chairman from 1970-1972 (Rho)
* Walter F. Burke, president, McDonnell-Douglas (Delta Sigma)
* Donald Douglas, Jr., president, Douglas Aircraft Company (Alpha Upsilon)
* Charles E. Haneline, vice-president of United Airlines (Gamma)
* David S. Lewis, Jr., president of McDonnell Aircraft from 1962-1967; chairman and CEO of General Dynamics from 1971 to 1985 (Alpha Lambda)
* Edward V. Rickenbacker, World War I Medal of Honor recipient; chairman of Eastern Air Lines from 1954-1963 (Milwaukee Alumni)
* Robert F. Six, founder and CEO of Continental Airlines from 1936-1981 (Beta)
* C.R. Smith, president of American Airlines from 1934 to 1968 and from 1973 to 1974 (Iota)
* Dwane L. Wallace, president of Cessna from 1936-1975 (Gamma Upsilon)

Finance and Insurance

* Arthur E. Andersen, Founder, Arthur Andersen (Gamma)
* Seth C. Beise, President, Bank of America (Alpha Eta)
* Edward A. Kangas, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Psi)
* David Dodd, Co-Author, Security Analysis
* Dudley Dowell, President, New York Life Insurance Company (Gamma Epsilon)
* T. Boone Pickens, chairman of BP Capital Management, philanthropist, and alternative energy advocate (Eta Theta)
* Edward A. Schrader, Partner, Goldman Sachs (Beta Gamma)

Construction and Raw Materials

* Elmer L. Andersen, President, HB Fuller Company
* Murray M. Baker, President, Caterpillar Inc. (Gamma Theta)
* Roger M. Blough, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel (Epsilon Rho)
* Harold Boeschenstein, President, Owens-Corning (Epsilon)
* Leonard Firestone, President, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (Alpha Zeta)
* Edwin Hays Gott, President, U.S. Steel (Alpha Sigma)
* Edward J. Rapp, vice president of Caterpillar Inc. (Upsilon)
* Leslie B. Worthington, President, U.S. Steel (Epsilon)

Food and Beverage

* J. Paul Austin, president of Coca-Cola from 1962-1971; chairman from 1970-1981 (Atlanta Alumni)
* Jeffrey A. Blade, senior vice president and CFO, Steak N Shake (Lambda Upsilon)
* Harry A. Bullis, Chairman of the Board, General Mills (Alpha Eta)
* Jack A. Dinos, President, Mocha Coffee Company, Founder and CEO, Southern Tea Company (Alpha Epsilon)
* Leonard Firestone, Founder, Firestone Vinyards (Alpha Zeta)
* Samuel F. Hinkle, President, The Hershey Company (Gamma Epsilon)
* Harrison Jones, Chairman of the Board, The Coca-Cola Company (Pi)
* Norman R. Klug, President, Miller Brewing (Alpha Psi)
* William E. Schiller, Chairman of the Board, The Hershey Company (Phi)

Automotive

* John J. Cronin, vice-president of General Motors (Beta Theta)
* Harlow H. Curtice, president of General Motors from 1953-1958 (Phi)
* Frederic G. Donner, chairman of the board of General Motors from 1958-1967 (Phi)
* Richard C. Gerstenberg, treasurer, vice-president, and vice-chairman of the board of General Motors from 1967-1972 (Phi)
* Arjay R. Miller, President, Ford Motor Company (Phi)
* George W. Romney, Chairman of the Board, American Motors Corporation
* James A. Ryder, Founder, Ryder (Beta Pi)

Telecommunications and Utilities

* Edwin M. Clark, President, Southwestern Bell Telephone (Upsilon)
* Joe T. Ford, co-founder, former CEO, and current chairman, Alltel (Beta Zeta)
* Wilfred D. Gillen, President, Bell Telephone (Epsilon Rho)
* James W. McAfee, President, Union Electric (Upsilon)
* Henry Duques, Chairman and CEO, First Data Corporation (Beta Mu)
* Charles Lehr, Co-Founder, CEO, Genesis Communications, Inc.

Science and Culture

NASA
Samuel C. Phillips was made an honorary member in November 1966 at Upsilon Chapter. Phillips was initiated along with William C. Schneider and Robert H. Charles during the National Conference of the Management of Aerospace Programs, which was held at the University of Missouri.
F. Story Musgrave was initiated at the Alpha Omicron chapter at Syracuse University. Musgrave is the only astronaut to have flown missions on all five Space Shuttles.

* F. Story Musgrave, Most Experienced Astronaut in History (Alpha Omicron)
* Samuel C. Phillips, Major General and Director, Project Apollo (Upsilon)
* William C. Schneider, Missions Operations Director, Gemini Program (Upsilon)
* Robert E. Lockwood, Mission Director, Apollo 13, Project Apollo (Upsilon)
* Robert H. Charles, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (1964-68) (Upsilon)

Foundations, Organizations, and Religion

Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. was initiated as a student at the Gamma Sigma chapter at Regis University. He has served as president of the Heritage Foundation since 1977.

* Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Elmer Ellis, President, University of Missouri–Columbia (1954-1963), and University of Missouri System (1963-1966)
* Kent Hance, Chancellor Texas Tech University (2006-Present)
* Harold E. Stassen, President, University of Pennsylvania (1948-1953)
* Edwin Feulner, President, Heritage Foundation
* Oscar Arthur Kirkman, President, American Cancer Society (1953-1954)
* Ronald Reagan, President, Screen Actors Guild, (1947–1952, 1959-1960)
* Lamar Alexander, President, University of Tennessee
* Robert D. Ray, President, Drake University
* Beheruz Sethna, President, University of West Georgia, (1994-present)
* Paul Torgersen, President, Virginia Tech (1994-2000)
* Charles Steger, President, Virginia Tech (2000-Present)
* George Kozmetsky, Founder, IC2 Institute
* William Alexander Scroggs, Raymond D. Shannon, and Dick Hurst, Founders, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity

September 11th Victims and Heroes

* Thomas E. Burnett Jr., Passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, (Alpha Eta)
* Jayceryll de Chavez, Portfolio Analyst at Fiduciary Trust International, 96th floor of Tower 2, (Omicron Tau)

Entertainment

* David Hartman, original host of Good Morning America (Beta Eta)
* Pedro Herrera III, Rapper, Chingo Bling, CEO Big Chile Records (Nu Pi)
* Rebekah “Becky” Lee, Second Runner Up on CBS’s “Survivor: Cook Islands” (Phi)
* Theodore M. McCarty, CEO of Gibson Guitars from 1948-1966 (Eta)