The following is a list of notable brothers of Phi Kappa Tau, a college fraternity in the United States. National presidents deceased Chief executives Ralph K. Bowers, Mount Union 1917–1929 Richard J. Young, Miami 1929–1961 Jack L. Anson, Colgate 1961–1970 William D. Jenkins, Bowling Green 1970–1978 John W. Meyerhoff, Colgate 1978–1987 John M. Green, Nebraska Wesleyan 1987–1998 Joel S. Rudy, Bethany 1998–2002 C. Steven Hartman, Muskingum 2002–2013 W. Tim Hudson, Truman State 2014--2022 Samuel W. Medley, Transylvania 2022 (interim) Notable members (dates following college names are fraternity initiation dates) Law, politics, and government Jeffrey L. Amestoy (Hobart College 1965), former chief justice, Vermont Supreme Court; former Attorney General of Vermont C. Clyde Atkins (University of Florida 1935), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1966–99 Spencer Bachus (Auburn University 1967), U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama Guy K. Bard (Franklin and Marshall 1921), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937, 1939–1952 David Baria (University of Southern Mississippi), Mississippi State Senator 2008–2011, Mississippi House of Representatives, 2011–present John Barrasso (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1971), U.S. Senator, Wyoming Ray C. Bliss (University of Akron 1938), Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1965–1969 John Y. Brown, Sr. (Centre College 1917), U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky, 1933–35 Randy Christmas (University of Miami 1948), Mayor of Miami, Florida E. Virgil Conway (Colgate University 1948), chairman of the board of the MTA, New York City John F. Cosgrove (University of Florida 1968), attorney; member of the Florida House of Representatives; mayor of Cutler Bay, Florida C. Welborn Daniel (University of Florida 1947), member of the Florida House of Representatives, 1956–1964; member of the Florida Senate, 1963–1966, 1968–1971 Mike Dovilla (Baldwin–Wallace College 1994), member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 2011–present Gerald A. Drew (University of California, Berkeley 1922), U.S. Ambassador to Haiti and Bolivia John T. Elfvin (Cornell University 1938), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Richard Ervin (University of Florida 1926), Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court, 1964–1975 Lawrence H. Framme III (Centre College 1968), former chair, Democratic Party of Virginia Ralph M. Freeman (University of Michigan 1923), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1954–1990 John M. Gerrard (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1973), Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska; former Nebraska Supreme Court Judge Fred Hall (University of Southern California 1935), Governor of Kansas, 1955–1957 William Gardner Hewes (University of