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.
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.
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 |
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