List of Acacia members
Introduction The following list is merely a snapshot of brothers who have brought Acacia to prominence. The '''list of Acacia brothers''' includes initiated and honorary members of Acacia.
Notable alumni === Politics and government ===* Conrad G Selvig, ''Minnesota 1906'' - US Congressman, Minnesota* Harry Leslie, ''Purdue 1907'' - Governor of Indiana* William Jennings Bryan, ''Nebraska 1908'' - Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson; orator* William Howard Taft, ''Yale 1913'' - 27th President of the United States of America* Paul V. McNutt, ''Harvard 1914'' - Governor of Indiana* David Sholtz, ''Yale 1914'' - Governor of Florida* Arthur Capper, ''Kansas State 1916'' - Governor and US Senator, Kansas* Wilburn Cartwright, ''Oklahoma 1920'' - US Congressman, Oklahoma* Francis H Case, ''Northwestern 1923'' - US Congressman, South Dakota* Ralph Yarborough, ''Texas 1926'' - US Senator, Texas* Ovie Clark Fisher, ''Texas 1926'' - US Congressman, Texas; writer* John Moore Allison, ''Nebraska 1927'' - diplomat; Ambassador to Japan; Assistant Secretary of State under Truman* William G. Bray, ''Indiana 1927'' - US Congressman, Indiana* Homer Thornberry, ''Texas 1930'' - US Congressman, Texas* J. Edward Hutchinson, ''Michigan 1933'' - US Congressman, Michigan* Frank Carlson, ''Kansas State 1948'' - US Congressman; US Senator; Governor of Kansas* Homer E. Capehart, ''Indiana 1959'' - US Senator, Indiana* James 'Jim' Kolbe, ''Northwestern 1961'' - US House Representative, Arizona* Steve Scalise, ''LSU 1986'' - Current US Congressman, Louisiana* Jim Watson, ''Carleton University 1998'' - Member of Provincial Parliament (Minister), Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1997–2000) (2010–Present)Douglas “Dewey” Lachance, University of New Hampshire, 1984-1990, NH Legislator 1987-1991 and 1998-2000, Mayor of Rochester, NH 1997-2001=== Sports ===* Chester L. Brewer, ''Missouri 1911'' - past head football coach at both Missouri and Michigan State; past Athletic Director of Missouri; Homecoming originator* John L. Griffith, ''Illinois 1921'' - past commissioner of what is now the Big Ten Conference* Edwin Weir, ''Nebraska 1925'' - Hall of Fame college football player* Jack van Bebber, ''Oklahoma State 1931'' - Olympic wrestler* Calvin Griffith, ''George Washington 1935'' - owner of Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins* Arthur L. Valpey, ''Michigan 1936'' - head football coach of Harvard and UConn* Thomas "Tommy" James, ''Ohio State 1942'' - professional football player, Cleveland Browns* Dee Andros, ''Oklahoma 1948'' - head football coach and athletic director, Oregon State* Gene Conley, ''Washington State 1949'' - professional baseball player and basketball player* Roger Nelson, ''Oklahoma 1951'' - Canadian Football Hall of Fame* Richard ‘Dick’ Farley, ''Indiana 1951'' - star IU basketball player for the 1953 National Championship team; NBA player* David 'Wes' Santee, ''Kansas 1952'' - Olympic runner* Ron Fairly, ''USC 1957'' - professional baseball player and broadcaster* Tony Crosby, ''Texas 1963'' - star kicker/halfback for UT's 1963 National Championship football team* Pat Jones, ''Oklahoma State'' -  Head Football Coach at Oklahoma State; Assistant Coach of Miami Dolphins* Gary Patterson, ''Kansas State 1980'' -  current Head Football Coach at TCU=== Business ===* Lewis H Wentz, ''Oklahoma 1927'' - oil businessman* Dennis Chookaszian, ''Northwestern 1962'' - Chairman and CEO of CNA Insurance Companies; professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business* David A. Evans, ''Rensselaer 1979'' - inventor of high capacity tantalum capacitor; President of Evans Capacitor Company=== Higher education ===* Roscoe Pound, ''Nebraska 1905, Harvard 1913'' - educator; Bushnell Hall at KSU dedicated in his name* Albert B Storms, ''Iowa State 1909'' - President of Iowa State University* Walter Williams, ''Missouri 1909'' - President of University of Missouri; founder of Missouri School of Journalism* Raymond A. Pearson, ''Iowa State 1924'' - President of Iowa State University* Stratton D Brooks, ''Missouri 1925'' - President of University of Oklahoma (1912) and University of Missouri (1923)* Claude R. Sowle, ''Northwestern 1947'' - past President of Ohio University* L. Dennis Smith, ''Indiana 1956'' - President Emeritus, University of Nebraska* J Thomas Forbes, ''Indiana 1990'' - CEO, IU Alumni Association at Indiana University=== Science ===* William F. Durand, ''Stanford 1904'' - NASA pioneer* Wallace E Pratt, ''Kansas 1907''- pioneer in the petroleum field* Alexander Wetmore, ''Kansas 1912'' - ornithologist* Karl M. Dallenbach, ''Cornell 1913'' - psychologist* Harold E. Edgerton, ''Nebraska 1924'' - pioneer in the electronic flash, pertaining to photography* Lloyd Berkner, ''Minnesota 1926'' - physicist* James E. Webb, ''North Carolina 1927'' - high-ranking NASA official in the 1960s* Jack Kilby, ''Illinois 1942'' - Nobel Prize laureate in physics; inventor of the integrated circuit* Laurence H. Snyder, ''Oklahoma 1949'' - pioneer in genetics* George J. Marrett, ''Iowa State 1957'' - test pilot for USAF and Hughes Aircraft Company; author of four non-fiction books on aviation=== Arts and entertainment ===* Arthur H Carhart, ''Iowa State 1916'' - early conservationist and writer* Edward Everett Dale, ''Harvard 1917'' - historian, writer* Jack Collom, ''Colorado A&M 1952'' - poet, writer, teacher* Philip Bobbitt, ''Texas 1965'' - author and constitutional theorist* Scott Houston, ''Indiana 1980'' - public television personality; public speaker; known as "Piano Guy"*  Mark Edward Smith, ''Missouri '' - actor and vocalist; ''Avatar'' and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''* Nic Pizzolatto, ''LSU'' - creator and writer of the TV series ''True Detective''=== Miscellaneous or multiple ===* Walter Elmer Ekblaw, ''Illinois 1907'' - originator of "Homecoming"* Hiram Bingham III, ''Yale 1915'' - explorer; discovered Machu Picchu; US Senator* H. L. 'Tom' Sebring, ''Kansas State 1920'' - judge for the Nuremberg Trials; head football coach at the University of Florida* Clifton Hillegass, ''Nebraska 1938'' - creator of ''CliffsNotes''* Frank S. Land, ''Missouri'' - founder of DeMolay'
References
External links * Acacia Fraternity official website: notable alumni