John M. Shalikashvili, Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander, Commander-in-Chief United States Military (Retired)
Steven Spielberg, Movie Producer, Writer & Director
Charles Addams, Cartoonist for New Yorker Magazine & creator of The Addams Family
Rob Corddry, Screen Actor and “Senior Correspondent” on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Francis H. Striker, Writer, Co-Creator of the Lone Ranger
Lee Iacocca, Former Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation
William Oesterle, CEO Angie’s List and former Purdue Trustee
J. William Grimes, Former President and CEO, ESPN
Alfred Lynch, Former CEO and International President, JC Penney Co., Author
Harry Mullikin, Former Chairman, Westin Hotels & Resorts
John Kapioltas, Former Chairman, President, Director and CEO, Sheraton Hotels
William K. Howell, Former President and CEO, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee
Robert Krasa, Former President and CEO of Dow Corning, Former CEO of Haworth Inc.
Warren Magnuson, Former US Senator
Carl T. Curtis, Former US Senator and Representative
Ralph G. Brooks, Former Governor of Nebraska
Robert “Lefty” Grove, Baseball Hall of Famer – Philadelphia A’s 1925-33, Boston Red Sox 1934-41
Theodore Christianson, Former Governor of Minnesota
Jacob A. Preus, Former Governor of Minnesota
Ernest W. Gibson, Former US Senator, Governor of Vermont
Henry Schricker, Former Governor of Indiana
Michael Berghoff (Alpha Delta), Lenex Steel, CEO; Purdue Trustee & Purdue President Search Committee Chair
Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Former CEO and Chairman, AT&T, Former Chairman, President and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, Author
Fuller Warren, Former Governor of Florida
Harry Hughes, Former Governor of Maryland
Harry Reasoner, Former news anchor of ABC & CBS, Editor of 60 Minutes
Herbert Kubly, Journalist and playwright
Michael J. Shaara, Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Killer Angels which served as the basis for the movie Gettysburg
Paul Zimmerman, Sports Editor of the Los Angeles Times
Jay Ingram, Toronto Star Journalist, Author, TV Host of several Discovery Channel Canada programs, including Daily Planet
Dr. Donald E. Knuth, Computer Scientist and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
Dr. Owen Chamberlain, Former Professor of Physics, joined “Manhattan Project” 1942-1946, Winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics
Dr. Edward G. Gibson, Former NASA Astronaut, spent 84 days aboard Skylab
Ralph “Shug” Jordan, Former Head Football Coach Auburn University, 1957 NCAA Champions
Brian Cardinal (Alpha Delta), Former Purdue basketball player and member of 2011 NBA Championship Dallas Mavericks
Vern Mikkelsen, Former basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers & in the Basketball Hall of Fame
Tunch A. Ilkin, Former NFL athlete and voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Parque, Former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
Bill “Tosh” Tosheff, First NBA co-rookie of the year (1951-52), played for the Indianapolis Olympians & Milwaukee Hawks
Tom Haller, Former MLB catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers
Alan K. “Al” Saunders, Offensive Coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, Former Head Coach of the San Diego Chargers, 1986–1988
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