The Hall of Fame
The Pi Kappa Phi Hall of Fame consists of distinguished alumni members who have brought honor to their fraternity through lifetime achievement in their career.
| 2020 | ||
| Donald "Don" Slesnick II | Beta Upsilon (Virginia) | Politics |
| 2019 | ||
| Durward W. Owen | Xi (Roanoke) | Association Management |
| Kelley A. Bergstrom | Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) | Business and Philanthropy |
| 2018 | ||
| Glenn McConnell | Alpha (College of Charleston) | Government |
| 2016 | ||
| Bob Graziano | Delta Rho (USC) | Sports & Business |
| Gregg Kaplan | Alpha Kappa (Michigan) | Commerce |
| 2014 | ||
| Ron "Zap" Zlatoper | Alpha Tau (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) | Military |
| 2012 | ||
| Thomas Carter | Gamma Delta (Memphis) | Military |
| John Seazholtz | Beta Alpha (NJIT) | Business |
| 2010 | ||
| Frank Ryll | Beta Eta (Florida State) | Commerce |
| 2008 | ||
| Richard Viguerie | Beta Nu (Houston) | Political Advocacy |
| 2007 | ||
| Thomas Sayre | Kappa (North Carolina) | Arts |
| 2006 | ||
| David Morgan | Beta Omicron (Northwestern State) | Business |
| 2004 | ||
| Joe Forehand | Alpha Iota (Auburn) | Business |
| Ed Lu | Psi (Cornell) | Science |
| 2002 | ||
| Robert Inman | Omicron (Alabama) | Journalism |
| 2000 | ||
| Marion Mixson | Beta (Presbyterian) | Military |
| 1998 | ||
| Judge Alan Sundberg | Beta Eta (Florida State) | Law |
| 1996 | ||
| Henry Fowler | Xi (Roanoke) | Government |
| Richard Bartlett | Alpha Epsilon (Florida) | Commerce |
| Gene Cartledge | Omicron (Alabama) | Industry |
| 1994 | ||
| Judge Ben Overton | Alpha Epsilon (Florida) | State Judiciary |
| Parker Petit | Iota (Georgia Tech) | Health Industry |
| 1992 | ||
| Gen. John Yeosock | Alpha Mu (Penn State) | Military |
| George Griffin | Iota (Georgia Tech) | Higher Education |
| 1989 | ||
| John Wilson | Eta (Emory) | Service |
| Cartha DeLoach | Chi (Stetson) | Law Enforcement |
| 1987 | ||
| Mark Hollis | Chi (Stetson) | Commerce |
| Albert Herlong Jr. | Alpha Epsilon (Florida) | Federal Legislation |
| 1985 | ||
| Ben Hill Griffin | Alpha Epsilon (Florida) | Agri-Business |
| S. Walter Martin | Delta (Furman) | Education |
| 1983 | ||
| Randy Owen | Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State) | Entertainment |
| Glen Brock | Upsilon (Illinois) | Industry |
| 1981 | ||
| Gov. James Edwards | Alpha (Charleston) | Government |
| Wally Butts | Alpha Alpha (Mercer) | Sports |
| 1979 | ||
| Joe Sewell | Omicron (Alabama) | Sports |
| Sen. Howard Baker Jr. | Alpha Sigma (Tennessee) | Government |
| Thomas Wolfe | Kappa (North Carolina) | Literature |
Mr. Pi Kappa Phis
Started in 1965, the Mr. Pi Kappa Phi award is the fraternity’s highest and most prestigious honor to be bestowed upon a member. The following men have been recognized for their outstanding love and dedication for their fraternity.
| 2024 | J. Gunnar Schalin | Upsilon (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) |
| 2023 | Dudley Woody | Xi (Roanoke) |
| 2022 | Mark E. Timmes | Alpha Epsilon (Florida) |
| 2022 | J. Jeffry Wahlen | Alpha Epsilon (Florida) |
| 2021 | Arthur Quickenton | Delta Zeta (Appalachian State) |
| 2020 | John Andrews | Delta Delta (Truman State) |
| 2019 | David Jaffee | Alpha (College of Charleston) |
| 2019 | Walt Sheppard | Alpha Upsilon (Drexel) |
| 2018 | J. Ernest Johnson | Alpha Iota (Auburn) |
| 2018 | Eric Almquist* | Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) |
| 2017 | Steve Ryder | Gamma (UC - Berkeley) |
| 2016 | Thomas L. Carter | Gamma Delta (Memphis) |
| 2015 | David Lane | Omega (Purdue) |
| 2014 | Pete Petit | Iota (Georgia Tech) |
| 2013 | Gregory Linder | Omega (Purdue) |
| 2013 | John "Tim" Ribar* | Xi (Roanoke) |
| 2012 | Nathan Hightower | Omicron (Alabama) |
| 2011 | Frank Parrish | Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) |
| 2010 | Jerry Brewer | Sigma (South Carolina) |
| 2009 | James Krucher | Beta Alpha (NJIT) |
| 2009 | Frank Havard* | Gamma Phi (South Alabama) |
| 2008 | Bruce Rogers | Chi (Stetson) |
| 2007 | Allen Woody III | Xi (Roanoke) |
| 2006 | Durward Owen | Xi (Roanoke) |
| 2005 | Patrick Figley | Chi (Stetson) |
| 2003 | Phillip Summers | Alpha Psi (Indiana) |
| 2002 | Stephen DePalma | Beta Alpha (NJIT) |
| 2001 | Frederick Schmehl | Alpha Upsilon (Drexel) |
| 2000 | James Turk | Xi (Roanoke) |
| 1999 | Richard Anderson | Rho (Washington & Lee) |
| 1998 | Eldred Harman | Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) |
| 1997 | Alex Adair | Alpha Rho (West Virginia) |
| 1996 | Otis McCollum | Kappa (North Carolina) |
| 1995 | James Edwards | Alpha (Charleston) |
| 1994 | Wayne Moore | Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) |
| 1993 | Joseph Alexander | Gamma Alpha (West Alabama) |
| 1992 | Lonnie Strickland** | Omicron (Alabama) |
| 1991 | Ronald Krebs | Beta Gamma (Louisville) |
| 1990 | Frank Hawthorne | Alpha Iota (Auburn) |
| 1989 | Jack Steward | Alpha Zeta (Oregon State) |
| 1988 | Albert Brown | Beta Alpha (NJIT) |
| 1987 | Kelley Bergstrom | Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) |
| 1986 | Julius Burges | Alpha (Charleston) |
| 1985 | Philip Tappy | Lambda (Georgia) |
| 1983 | Ted Scharfenstein | Beta Beta (Florida Southern) |
| 1981 | Ben Covington Jr. | Beta Presbyterian) |
| 1980 | Chic Quevedo | Iota (Georgia Tech) |
| 1979 | Emmett Dendy | Omicron (Alabama) |
| 1978 | Robert Bennett Jr. | Alpha Alpha (Mercer) |
| 1977 | John Wilson | Eta (Emory) |
| 1976 | Grant Palsgrove** | Alpha Tau (Rensselaer) |
| 1975 | John Deimler | Alpha Upsilon (Drexel) |
| 1974 | Bernard Jones Jr. | Alpha (Charleston) |
| 1973 | Fox Brunson Jr. | Omicron (Alabama) |
| 1972 | Edward Clifford | Alpha Theta (Michigan State) |
| 1971 | Howard Leake | Rho (Washington & Lee) |
| 1971 | Kim Jepson* | Alpha Theta (Michigan State) |
| 1970 | Ralph Noreen | Gamma (Cal - Berkeley) |
| 1969 | Mel Metcalfe | Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma) |
| 1968 | George Grant | Omicron (Alabama) |
| 1967 | Herman Fuchs** | Alpha Xi (Brooklyn Polytechnic) |
| 1965 | Leo Pou | Omicron (Alabama) |
| *posthumously honored **alumni initiate |
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Famous Pi Kapps
| Name | Chapter | Notable For |
|---|---|---|
| Len Anderson | Alpha Phi (IIT) | Navy Pilot - Blue Angels |
| Phil Bryant** | Theta Alpha (Southern Miss) | Governor of Mississippi |
| Dennis Cakebread | Gamma (UC Berkeley) | Owner, Cakebread Cellars Winery |
| Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.** | Sigma (South Carolina) | Former Governor of SC |
| Howard Coble** | Epsilon Iota (UNC - Greensboro) | US Congressman - NC |
| Philip Crane** | Alpha Iota (Auburn) | Former US Congressman - IL |
| Adrian Cronauer** | Member-at-large | Armed Forces Radio - Inspiration for "Good Morning Vietnam" |
| Roger Crouch** | Gamma Beta (Old Dominion) | NASA Astronaut – Space Shuttle |
| Jim Edmonds** | Zeta Rho (Cal State – Fullerton) | All-Star Outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals |
| David Goodnow** | Alpha Psi (Indiana) | Anchor, CNN Headline News |
| Lindsey Graham** | Alpha (Charleston) | US Senator - SC |
| George M. Grant | Omicron (Alabama) | Former US Congressman - AL |
| Robert Graziano | Delta Rho (USC) | Former President/CEO - LA Dodgers |
| Rufus Herring | Epsilon (Davidson) | Congressional Medal of Honor recipient |
| Ernest “Fritz” Hollings** | Alpha (Charleston) | Former US Senator - SC |
| Malcolm Johnson** | Alpha Alpha (Mercer) | Investigative Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| Olin D. Johnston** | Sigma (South Carolina) | Former Governor of SC |
| William Kouwenhoven** | Alpha Xi (Brooklyn Poly/St. John's) | Invented the heart defibrillator and contributed greatly to the advancement of the CPR technique |
| Tommy Lasorda** | Member-at-large | Baseball HOF, Former Manager, LA Dodgers |
| Hinton Mitchem | Omicron (Alabama) | Former State Senator - AL |
| Daniel K. Moore | Kappa (UNC - Chapel Hill) | Former Governor of NC |
| Ollie W. Nabors | Omicron (Alabama) | Former State Senator - AL |
| Hector A. Negroni | Alpha Upsilon (Drexel) | COL, USAF (RET) First Puerto Rican graduate of USAF Academy |
| Gaylord Nelson** | Gamma Nu (LaGrange) | Former Governor of WI, US Senator, Founder of "Earth Day" |
| Russell C. Newhouse | Alpha Nu (Ohio State) | Developer of military anti-missile radar systems |
| Nick Palance** | Beta Alpha (NJIT) | Singer/Entertainer |
| Lonnie Poole | Tau (NC State) | CEO, Waste Management Systems |
| David Ratcliffe | Beta Tau (Valdosta State) | Former CEO of Southern Company |
| Bruce L. Rogers | Chi (Stetson) | Co-Founder, KRG Capital and inspiration for Journey of Hope |
| Pat Rummerfield** | Theta Iota (Washington State) | First recovered quadriplegic / land speed record holder |
| Kenneth P. Ruscio | Rho (Washington & Lee) | President, Washington & Lee University |
| Jim Samples | Beta (Presbyterian) | President of HGTV |
| Mark Singel | Alpha Mu (Penn State) | Former Lt. Governor of PA |
| Robert C. Sledd | Alpha Sigma (Tennessee) | Chairman of Performance Food Group |
| Wayne Stenejhem | Zeta Gamma (North Dakota) | Former Attorney General of ND |
| Phillip M. Summers | Alpha Psi (Indiana) | Former President, Vincennes University |
| George B. Timmerman Jr. | Sigma (South Carolina) | Former Governor of SC |
| Robert Alfton Tuggle | Gamma Xi (Georgia Southwestern) | Former CFO, Boy Scouts of America |
| James Turk | Xi (Roanoke) | Former Senior Judge, US District Court |
| Norman Jack Wayman | Epsilon (Davidson College) | Founder of Consumer Electronics Association |
| Ronald J. Zlatoper | Alpha Tau (Rensselaer) | Admiral, US Navy (RET), Former Commander of Pacific Fleet |
| ** notates alumni initiate |
** Denotes an alumni initiate