The Order of West Range was established in 1986 to recognize outstanding alumni for achievement in their careers, service to society and/or service to Pi Kappa Alpha.
Alumni representing government, business, entertainment, sports and many other fields have been selected for induction into this special Order. We recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our talented brothers.
Selections by Year
2022
Clarence W. Gooden
Georgia, Alpha Mu ’72
Retired President & CEO, CSX International Inc.
Allen W. Groves
Stetson, Delta Upsilon ’79
Senior Vice President, Student Experience Syracuse University
2020
Dr. Robert L. Jackson
Murray State, Epsilon Lambda ’82
President, Murray State University
Keith J. Ketchman
Florida, Alpha Eta ’74
Former PIKE Foundation Trustee, Founding Partner Ketchman-Wolf Associates, Inc.
Admiral James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr.
Georgia Tech, Alpha Delta ’75
U.S. Navy Admiral, Vice Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff (retired)
Eric J. Winston
Miami, Gamma Omega ’03
President, National Football League Players Association
2018
Col. Frederick A. Crow*
Cornell, Beta Theta ’48
USAF, Ret. Decorated Vietnam War Hero
James J. Chaffin
Virginia, Alpha ’63
President and Co-Founder, Chaffin/Light Associates
Dr. Daniel Mahony
Virginia Tech, Epsilon ’84
President, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Todd Pletcher
Arizona, Gamma Delta ’86
Thoroughbred Horse Trainer
Thomas J. Turner*
Texas Tech, Epsilon Gamma ’67
President, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity 1992-1994
Michael Whan
Miami, Delta Gamma ’84
Commissioner, LPGA
2016
Michael Ainslie
Vanderbilt, Sigma ’62
Former President and CEO, Sotheby’s
Andy D. Hendrickson
California-Berkeley, Alpha Sigma ’84
Chief Technology Officer, Activision Publishing
Dennis P. Lauscha
Alabama, Gamma Alpha ’88
President, New Orleans Saints & New Orleans Pelicans
Dr. James L. Melsa
Iowa State, Alpha Phi ’57
Dean Emeritus, Iowa State University College of Engineering
Lt. Gen. Robert E. “Boomer” Milstead, USMC (ret.)
Houston, Epsilon Eta ’71
Former Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps, Manpower and Reserve Affairs
2014
ANDREW ARMACOST
Northwestern, Gamma Rho 68
Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy
JOSH O. BERNSTEIN
Cornell, Beta Theta ’90
Explorer, author, survival expert, and TV host
TIMOTHY O. BROWN
Arkansas State, Delta Theta ’73
Delta Theta AAB & AA President
GORDON E. EUBANKS, JR.
Oklahoma State, Gamma Chi ’65
American microcomputer industry pioneer
JOHN R. HARGRAVE
East Central, Epsilon Omega ’73
President of East Central University
JONATHAN F. NELSON
Montevallo, Theta Beta ’89
General Manager, Birmingham Barrons
RODGER O. RINEY
Oklahoma State, Gamma Chi ’64
President of Scottrade
2012
DOUGLAS A. DUCEY
Arizona State, Delta Tau ’82
Arizona State Treasurer
JAMES A. FAVOR*
Colorado State, Epsilon Theta ’67
President of J.R. Favor Company LLC
DANIEL F. MCGEHEE*
Southeast Missouri State, Epsilon Iota ’63
Longtime volunteer of Pi Kappa Alpha; served ten years on the Fraternity’s Supreme Council
PETER A. SESSIONS
Southwestern, Alpha Omicron ’76
Congressman of the 32nd District of Texas in the House of Representatives
WILL SHORTZ
Indiana University, Delta Xi ’71
Crossword editor for the New York Times
2010
B. KEVIN TURNER
East Central, Epsilon Omega ’85
COO, Microsoft Corporation Inc.
DAVID PORTER
East Central, Epsilon Omega ’84
Corporate Vice President of Retail Sales, Microsoft Corporation Inc.
J. PIKE POWERS*
Epsilon Kappa ’60
Managing Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski Law Firm
LANCE C. MELBER
Kansas State, Alpha Omega ’82
Former Senior Vice President, Capital One
ROBERT N. COX*
Southeast Missouri State, Epsilon Iota ‘64
President, Cox & Associates
2008
ROBERT G. CERTAIN
Emory Beta Kappa ’67
Rector of St. Peter and Paul Episcopal Church in Marietta, Georgia
Air Force POW held in the Hanoi Hilton
Led the funeral services for President Gerald Ford
ANDREW M. COATS
Oklahoma, Beta Omicron ’54
Dean of the Oklahoma University College of Law
Former mayor of Oklahoma City
Former District Attorney of Oklahoma County
JAMES R. HOLLAND
Oklahoma State, Gamma Chi ’63
President and CEO of Hunt Capital Group, a private equity investment company
JAMES W. THOMAS
Florida Tech, Zeta Sigma ‘69
Venture capitalist in two fast-growing industries, electronic entertainment and the Internet
Former chief operating officer and chief financial officer of MapQuest.com
JAMES A. WOLFF
Eastern Washington, Zeta Nu “67
Long-time Fraternity servant and real estate attorney
2006
JOE CARUSO
Zeta Sigma ’70
President, The Omnifirst Group
IVOR “IKE” EVANS
Alpha Omega ’61
Retired President/C.O.O., Union Pacific Railroad
GARY E. MENCHHOFER
Alpha Xi ’65
Project Manager, Great Traditions Land & Development Co.
RICHARD J. SEITZ*
Alpha Omega ’39
Retired United States Army General
Silver Star, Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, Bronze Star
WILLIAM C. “WICK” WATKINS*
Upsilon ’51
Retired C.E.O., ICEE of Atlanta, Inc.
2004
JACK E. BOWSHER*
Beta Eta ’50
Retired Director of Education, IBM Corporation
JOSEPH R. BROWN*
Gamma ’50
Past President, Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation
Loyalty Award 1996
Retired CEO, Black & Veatch Architects, Inc.
L. OWEN BROWN
Upsilon ’61
Former President & COO, Sun Microsystems
Alabama’s Engineering Hall of Fame
JEFFREY C. TAYLOR
Theta Mu ’79
Massachusetts Founder and former CEO, Monster.com
2002
KENNETH W. LOWE
Tau ‘70
Chairman and CEO, E.W. Scripps Company
RIGDON O. DEES
Tau ’70
TV and Radio Personality
KENNETH W. SIMONDS*
Epsilon Zeta ’55
Former COO, Teredata Corporation
JOHN W. HEIN*
Gamma Eta ’50
Former Director, Metropolitan Water District of California
TOM W. WADE, JR.*
Zeta ’53
Past President, Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation
President, Tom Wade Companies
2000
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY
Zeta ’67
Chairman & CEO, The DuPont Company
HJALMA JOHNSON
Alpha Eta ’58
Past President, American Bankers Association
JOE T. FORD
Alpha Zeta ’57
Chairman & CEO, ALLTEL Corporation
ERNEST H. ERN
Delta Iota ’60
Senior Vice President, University of Virginia
JEROME V. REEL
Eta ’57
International Historian, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Senior Vice Provost, Clemson University
TIM MCGRAW
Eta Omicron ’86
Country Music Superstar
1998
REVEREND SIMON A. SIMON*
Delta Chi ’54
Pi Kappa Alpha International Chaplain
PHILLIP M. LIGHTY*
Gamma Xi ’38
Senior Partner, Dean Witter Investments
EDWARD A. PEASE
Delta Xi ’71
U.S. Congressman, State of Indiana
RICHARD RALPH*
Alpha Sigma ’53
Chairman, Pi Kappa Alpha Housing Commission
WILLIAM R. NESTER*
Alpha Xi ’47
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Kearney
1997
E. DIXIE BEGGS*
Alpha Eta ’27
Retired attorney & senior partner in the firm of Beggs and Lane
KENNETH JACKSON
Delta Zeta ’58
Jacques Barzun Professor of History – Columbia University
GARTH JAX
Delta Lambda ’84
Coordinator of NFL Programs and Community Outreach for the Phoenix Cardinals
1996
PATRICK W. HALLORAN, III
Delta Chi ’62
Former executive director of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
ROBERT C. LOSURE*
Gamma Upsilon ’68
CNN Headline News Anchorman
NEAL L. PATTERSON*
Gamma Chi ’68
Founder and chief executive officer of Cerner Corporation
COL. KERMIT J. SILVERWOOD*
Alpha Omega ’27
Retired Colonel of the United States Army
1995
ELDRIDGE W. ROARK*
Alpha Pi ’52
Former National President – Omicron Delta Kappa
ROBERT A. SCHLUTER*
Gamma Rho ’84
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
1994
R. DON CASH
Epsilon Gamma ’62
President and CEO of Questar Corporation
STEPHEN R. COVEY*
Alpha Tau ’50
President of Covey Leadership Center
ROBERT H. DEDMAN, JR.
Beta Mu ’78
President of Club Corporation of America
MARVIN D. DENNIS*
Beta Eta ’56
Former PIKE Foundation President
EVERETT DIRKSEN*
Delta Sigma ’60
Former Senator, State of Illinois
RICHARD L. EVANS*
Alpha Tau ’30
Former Editor and Producer of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
ROBERT C. HAHNEN*
Beta Chi ’25
Former Director of Department of Agriculture, State of Minnesota
LUTHER H. HODGES*
Tau ’60
Former Governor, State of North Carolina
WILLIAM P. MCCARTNEY
Alpha Nu ‘61
Former head football Coach, University of Colorado
Founder of Promise Keepers
C. LEE TALLEY*
Beta Kappa ’20
Former President and Chairman of the Board of the Coca Cola Company
LUTHER L. TERRY*
Delta ’28
Former Surgeon General of the Public Health Service
WILLIAM P. TOLLEY*
Alpha Chi ’19
Former President and Chancellor of Syracuse University
1993
HOWARD H. BELL*
Alpha Nu ’46
Former president, American Advertising Federation
CHESTER M. BROWN*
Alpha Nu ’28
Former president and chairman of the board, Allied Chemical Corporation
S. LEW BURDETTE, JR.*
Omicron ’46
Former pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves
GEORGE DENTON*
Alpha Nu ’42
Past president of the Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation
ROBERT C. DUKE*
Beta Mu ’45
Attorney
GENERAL COURTNEY B. HODGES*
Psi ’03
Commander of the First Army during World War II
JOHN J. LUX*
Theta ’53
Former chairman of Foundation Endowment Fund
WICKLIFFE B. MOORE*
Omega ’21
Paper industry businessman
C. PAT ROBERTS
Alpha Omega ’55
U.S. Senator, State of Kansas
C. WESLEY ROBERTS*
Alpha Omega ’21
Former chairman of the Republican National Committee
LARRY J. VANFOSSEN*
Alpha Xi ’56
Chief executive officer, Red Roof Inns
LYNN O. “PAPPY” WALDORF*
Alpha Chi ’21
Former head football coach at Kansas State, Northwestern and California
1992
EDWARD N. COLE*
Zeta Alpha ’64
Former president and chief operating officer, General Motors Corporation
MICHAEL L. DEVER
Alpha Xi ’61
Owner, Autoplex
“TENNESSEE” ERNEST J. FORD*
Epsilon Zeta ’66
Entertainer
HAROLD D. HERNDON*
Beta Gamma ’22
Independent oil operator
R. CRAIG HOENSHELL*
Delta Chi ’63
Chairman, Avis Car Rental Agency
JAMES D. HOSKINS*
Zeta ’04
Former president, University of Tennessee
GRANT MACFARLANE*
Alpha Tau ’17
Attorney, past national president, past housing commissioner
JOHN F. MCNAIR*
Beta ’44
Former chairman, First Wachovia Corporation
THOMAS E. RAST*
Gamma Alpha ’42
Chairman of the board, Johnson-Rast and Hays Co., Inc.
TOM W. WADE, SR.*
Zeta ’17
Past grand secretary
C. ROBERT YEAGER*
Omega ’29
Former president and chairman of the board, L.G. Balfour Company
1991
THOMAS BONNER*
Delta Chi ’56
Distinguished professor of history and higher education, Wayne State University
SILVIO CONTE*
Theta Mu ’86
Former U.S. Congressman, State of Massachusetts
THOMAS H. DAVIS*
Gamma Delta ’38
Founder and former president and chief executive officer, Piedmont Airlines
GARTH C. GRISSOM*
Alpha Omega ’49
Past national president, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
ROBERT M. MCFARLAND*
Alpha Delta ’19
Former executive director, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
OSCAR SANDBERG
Beta Beta ’49
Entrepreneur
SAMUEL K. SKINNER
Beta Eta ’57
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
JAMES D.A. VAN HOFTEN
Alpha Sigma ’63
Senior vice president and manager of defense and space, Bechtel Group, Inc.
CHARLES “RIP” ENGLE*
Beta Alpha ’53
Former head football coach, Pennsylvania State University
ROBERT D. LYNN*
Mu ’31
Former executive director, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
HARLAND SANDERS*
Alpha Eta ’65
Founder, Kentucky Fried Chicken
1990
DWIGHT BEESON*
Beta Kappa ’20
Philanthropist and businessman
PAUL G. BLOUNT *
Epsilon Nu ’60
Past national historian, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
EARL W. BRIAN, JR.*
Alpha Alpha ’61
Chairman, chief executive officer and president, InfoTechnology, Inc.
WILLIAM H. DIAL*
Alpha Eta ’27
Former president and chairman, Sun Banks of Florida
EDWARD J. “TED” KOPPEL
Alpha Chi ’58
Newscaster, ABC News
RICHARD F. OGLE*
Gamma Alpha ’61
Past national president, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
WILBERT E. CHOPE*
Sigma ’42
Founder and former president, Industrial Nucleonics Corporation
JOHN J. SPARKMAN*
Gamma Alpha ’24
Former U.S. Senator, State of Alabama
THOMAS L. WILLIAMS, SR.*
Alpha Alpha ’32
Former president, Maybelline Cosmetics
LOUIS H. WILSON, JR.*
Alpha Iota ’39
Former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
1989
ELBERT P. TUTTLE*
Beta Theta ’16
Former judge, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
HUBERT M. GREEN
Delta Lambda ’65
Professional golfer
ROBERT C. BOWDEN*
Alpha Pi ’49
Head football coach, Florida State University
BENNETT A. BROWN*
Mu ’47
Former chairman, Citizens and Southern Bank
P. ROY VAGELOS
Beta Pi ’48
Chief executive officer, Merck and Company
FRANK F. SINKWICH*
Alpha Mu ’41
Heisman Trophy winner
CHARLES A. BOWSHER
Beta Eta ’50
Former Comptroller General of the United States
JOHN P. MCGOVERN*
Alpha Alpha ’40
Internationally renowned allergist/immunologist
A.B. “HAPPY” CHANDLER*
Kappa ’19
Former governor of Kentucky; Former commissioner of major league baseball
LEO A. HOEGH*
Gamma Nu ’29
Former governor of Iowa
1988
LANCE D. ALWORTH, SR.
Alpha Zeta ’59
Former professional football player, San Diego Chargers
PATRICK D. BOWLEN*
Beta Omicron ’63
Owner, Denver Broncos
ROY D. HICKMAN*
Beta Delta ’22
Past national president, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity; Past international president, Rotary International
ANDREW H. KNIGHT*
Alpha Pi ’23
Past national president, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
VIRGIL R. MCBROOM*
Beta Eta ’25
Past national president, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
FESS E. PARKER, JR.*
Beta Mu ’48
Professional actor
LOUIS A. PRITCHETT
Delta Zeta ’52
Former vice president, Procter and Gamble
QUENTIN L. RICHARD*
Gamma Beta ’29
Businessman and philanthropist
J. STROM THURMOND*
Xi ’59
U.S. Senator, State of South Carolina
QUENTIN E. WOOD
Beta Alpha ’42
Former chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Quaker State Oil
T. MORGAN WOODWARD*
Beta Mu ’49
Professional actor
1986
THAD COCHRAN*
Gamma Iota ’50
U.S. Senator, State of Mississippi
MALCOLM C. TODD*
Beta Eta ’31
Past president, American Medical Association
DONALD W. REYNOLDS*
Alpha Nu ’25
Founder and former chairman, DonRey Media Group
FRANKLIN S. FORSBERG*
Alpha Tau ’28
Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
L.A. “BROOKS” MCCALL*
Mu ’32
Past national vice president, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
THOMAS K. MCCRAW*
Gamma Iota ’59
Straus professor of business history, Harvard University
For more information, contact the Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation at (901) 748-1948 or email pikefoundation@pikes.org.