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Charles Samuel Addams, Iota `33
     Colgate University
     Cartoonist:  The New Yorker
     Creator of:  The Addams Family 

 Edward Andrews, Jr., Xi `36
     University of Virginia
     Actor
        Made 31 Broadway appearances and more than 50 movies,TV series, and commercial appearances
        Last seen in Steven Spielberg's Gremlins 

 

Harold B. Bachman, Phi `16
     North Dakota State
     Band Leader, "Million Dollar Band" 

 

Johnny Bothwell, Alpha Iota `39
     Indiana University
     Leader of own big band & small groups, 1945-49 or 50
     Most notable as soloist with Boyd Raeburn, 1944-45,  also with Gene Krupa, 1945
     Sideman in bands of Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman,Sonny Dunham, and Bob Chester, early 1940's  

 

Dr. Edgar Buchanan, Alpha Sigma `25
     University of Oregon
     Movie and Commercial Actor
     Portrayed "Uncle Joe" on Petticoat Junction 

 

Criston C. Chavarria, Alpha Psi `81
     University of Maryland
     Writer/Producer
     Received an Emmy in 1984 for a promotional advertisementfor the Kojak detective series

 

Lawrence Chelsi, Alpha Sigma `42
     University of Oregon
     Broadway and television actor 

 

William Fawcett, Kappa `40
     University of Pennsylvania
     Actor 

 

Arthur Gilmore, Alpha Omicron `37
     Washington State University
     Host, The Comedy Spot TV series, 1960
     Actor, narrator, Highway Patrol TV series, 1955-59 

 

Frank D. Gilroy, Alpha Omicron `50
     Washington State University
     Playwright
     Pulitzer Prize recipient, 1965
     Originated TV series Burkes Law
     Received: Obie award for best American play, 1962
                     Outer Circle award, 1964
                     Drama Critics Circle award, 1964
                     New York Theatre Club award, 1964-65 

 

Brodie Greer, Gamma Xi `71
     San Jose State University
     Television actor, co-star of "CHIPS" TV series 

 

Leigh Buckner Hanes, Nu `16
     Hampden-Sydney College
     Author:   Wide the Gate (Poetry), 1957
     Poet Laureate of Virginia, 1949-
     Editor:   The Lyric (quarterly magazine), 1929-49 

 

Joe L. Hensley, Alpha Iota `50
     Indiana University
     Short-story collection: Final Doors, 1981
     Novels: The Color of Hate, 1961; Deliver Us to Evil, 1971;
                  The Poison Summer, 1974; Song of Corpus Juris, 1974;
                     Minor Murders, 1980
     Attorney in Madison, Indiana; Indiana State Judge,5th Judicial Circuit, 1977-

 

John C. Holm, Kappa `29
     University of Pennsylvania
     Actor, Author, Playwright
     Best known as Co-author of, Three Men on a Horse, which ranon Broadway for 800 performances 

 

Sammy Kaye, Alpha Tau `32
     Ohio University
     Band Leader 

 

Kenneth Lloyd Kolb, Mu `50
     Novels:  Night Crossing, 1974; The Couch Trip, 1970;
                   Getting Straight, 1967 (movie 1970)
     Writers Guild of America award, 1956 for best half-hour
     TV drama, She Walks in Beauty. 

 

Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly, Psi `37
     University of Wisconsin
     Professor, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, 1969-84
     Professor, San Francisco State College, 1964-68
     Author:  Men to the Sea (play), 1944, The Cocoon (play), 1954,
                   American in Italy, 1955 (National Book Award for non-fiction, 1956)
                   The Whistling Zone (novel), 1963, etc.      

 

Frederick Libby, Beta `40, affiliated Gamma `41
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology
     University of Maine
     Motion Picture Actor 

 

Steven Maeda, Beta Alpha '84
    University of California Los Angeles
    Television Writer and Producer, work includes television shows such as "The X-Files", "CSI", "CSI:Miami" and "Lost"

Richard A. Maugg, Alpha Rho `53
     University of Washington
     Portrayed "Ed Jaymes" in the Bartles & Jaymes winecooler commercials 

 

William Rutherford Mead, Alpha `1864
     Norwich University
     Architect; partner, McKim, Mead & White, in its time (and perhaps still) the most famous New York firm of architects. 

 

David L. Mirisch, Delta Omega `60
     Ripon College
     President, David Mirisch Enterprises
     Entertainment Agent-Represented Raquel Welch, Lindsay Wagner,Lynda Carter, Wilt Chamberlain, The Supremes, and more
     Organizes and runs celebrity tennis and golf tournaments
     Sponsors many charity events 

 

Ray Nash, Alpha Sigma `28
     University of Oregon
     Professor of Art, 1949-70
     Emeritus Professor, subsequently Director of Dartmouth Publications
     Book Designer, Calligrapher, Historian of Graphic arts
     Faculty member, Dartmouth College, from 1937 

 

James E. Perkins, Mu `20
     University of California-Berkeley
     President, Paramount International Pictures, Inc.

 

Thor C. Putnam, Alpha Epsilon `32
     Stanford University
     Retired Art Director, Walt Disney Studios, 1940-55
     Designed actual scenes in many Disney animated motion pictures including:  Pinocchio, Fantasia, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, and more

 

Daniel Resin, Alpha Iota `53
     Indiana University
     Movie and Commercial Actor
     Portrayed "The Tidy Bowl Man"
     Starred in Caddyshack
     Starred in record breaking Broadway play "My Fair Lady"

 

Charles "Chip" Schner, Beta Alpha '86
    University of California Los Angeles
    Honors graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
    "Jim Morrison Film Award" Recipient from UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television - 1986
    Cinematographer for such television shows as "The Shield" and "The O.C." and for such films as "AI" "Monster Jam" and "The Far Side of the World".

Michael Joseph Shaara, Jr., Beta Delta `51
     Rutgers University
     Movie Gettysburg, 1993, based on The Killer Angels
     Novelist: The Broken Place, 1968; The Killer Angels, 1974;The Herald, 1981; Solder Boy, 1982 

 

Steve Silver, Gamma Xi `67
     San Jose State University
     Production Manager of Universal Studios
     Theatrical Producer:  Steve Silver Productions, San Francisco

 

Lawrence Leighton Smith, Sigma `57
     Oregon State University
     Ditson Conductors Award, 1988
     President & Music Director, San Antonio Symphone, 1980-85
     Music Director & Conductor, Louisville Orchestra, 1983- 

 

Stephen Spielberg, Zeta Epsilon `69
     California State University-Long Beach
     Movie Producer, Writer and Director
     Founder Amblin Entertainment (University Studios)
     Co-Author:    Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977
     Director: Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jonesand The Temple of Doom.
     Director, Producer:  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,  E.T.,Twilight Zone-The Movie, The Color Purple, Always
     Executive Producer:  The Money Pit, An American Tail,Continental Divide, Innerspace, Gremlins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Land Before Time, Dad, The Goonies, Back to the Future (I, II, & III), I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Young Sherlock Holmes
     Producer Screenwriter:  Poltergeist
     Producer: Joe Versus the Volcano
     Actor:    The Blues Brothers
     Won film contest with 40-minute war movie:  Escape to Nowhere, at age 13;   made film Firelight at age 16, and made five films while in college; Became TV Director at Universal Pictures at age 20. 

 

Francis H. Striker, Gamma Pi `26
     State University of New York-Buffalo
     Creator and only writer of "The Lone Ranger" - TV series

 

Willard Waterman, Psi `36
     University of Wisconsin-Madison
     TV and Screen Actor
     Dennis the Menace, TV series (as Mr. Quigley), 1959-63
     Created the character, "The Great Gildersleeve", radio series, 1950-58and TV series, 1955-56
     Those Websters, radio series (as George Webster), 1945-48

 

Jack B. Wheelock, Alpha Upsilon `31
     University of Nebraska-Lincoln
     Appeared professionally on Broadway in such shows asLeave It To Me and Louisiana Purchase

 

Terry Woodford, Chi `66
     Auburn University
     Owner, Wishbone Inc., Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a record production companyand Flying Colors, Inc., a video production company
     Co-produced several Motown Records gold albums by  The Temptations, The Commodores, The Supremes,Thelma Houston, and Jerry Butler

 

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