Famous Kappa Men (Nupes)

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*Reginald F. Lewis
The late CEO of Beatrice International Foods
(The largest Black-owned business, worth over $1 Billion)

·  Edward Gardners
President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.

·  Percy E. Sutton
CEO of Inner City Broadcasting Corp., and Owner of the Famed Apollo Theater in N.Y.

·  William Cox
CEO of Publishers of Blacks in Higher Education, and recent
inductee into the HBCU Hall of Fame

·  William Johnson
CEO of Black Entertainment Television, Inc.

Arts & Entertainment
·  Tavis Smiley
Host of "BET Tonight"
Alpha Chapter

·  John Singleton
Director of Boyz N The Hood, Poetic Justice, and Higher Learning
Courtesy of Sadi Davidson, Gamma Beta

·  Joe Clair
Host of BET's Rap City
Courtesy of Said Davidson,Gamma Beta

·  Montell Jordan
Recording Artist
Beta Omega (Pepperdine), 1989
Courtesy of David Craig

·  Donald Byrd
Trumpeter

·  Kenny Burrell
Jazz Artist

·  Billy Taylor
Jazz Pianist

·  Cedric the Entertainer
Comedian
Courtesy of Sadi Davidson, Gamma Beta

·  Mark Adkins
Delta Pi - Spring '81
Sinbad's Manager/Brother

·  Whitman Mayo
Actor
Played "Grady" on the "Sanford and Son" sitcom

·  Earnest Thomas
Actor
Played "Roger" on the "What's Happening"sitcom

·  Jester Hairston
Actor
Played "Rolly Forbes" on "Amen" and "Pops" in "I'm Gonna' Get You Sucka'!"

·  Gregory D. Ridley Jr.
Artist
Alpha Delta Chapter, 1947
Painting and sculptures in over 500 public collections in U.S.

·  Max Banks
Actor
Played Goldie in the Blaxploitation film "The Mack"
Xi Chapter, 1953

Politics
·  Johnny L. Cochran, Jr.
Attorney

·  Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy
Civil rights leader and former President of SCLC

·  Thomas Bradley
Past Grand Polemarch
Former Mayor of Los Angeles, CA

·  Carl Stokes
Frst Black Mayor of a major US city (Cleveland, OH)

·  Rep. Sanford Bishop
Congressman, D-GA

·  Rep. John L. Conyers
Congressman, D-MI
Intoduced legislature to make Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday a National Holiday

·  Mervyn Dymally
Congressman, D-CA

·  Rep. Alcee Hastings
Congressman, D-FL

·  Elihu Harris
Mayor, Oakland, CA

·  Rep. Louis Stokes
Congressman, D-OH

·  Rep. Albert R. Wynn
Congressman, D-MD

·  Rep. Walter E. Fauntroy
Congressman, D-D.C.

·  Michael White
Mayor, Cleveland, OH
Zeta Chapter

·  Rep. George W. Crockett, Jr.
Congressman, D-MI

·  Rep. Bennie L. Thompson
Congressman, D-MS

Sports
Basketball
·  Anfernee Hardaway
Kappa Beta, Spring '93
NBA Phoenix Suns, Selected to 1995 1st Team All NBA,
Starter for '96 Eastern Conference All-Star Team

·  Wilt Chamberlain
NBA Hall of Fame, Center for the LA Lakers.

·  Oscar Robertson "The Big O"
NBA Hall of Fame

·  Bill Russell
NBA Hall of Fame, Center for the Boston Celtics

·  Sam Jones
NBA Hall of Fame, Guard for the Boston Celtics

·  Alan Henderson
Alpha Chapter
NBA Atlanta Hawks

·  Allan Houston
NBA New York Knicks

·  Kerry Kittles
NBA New Jersey Nets

·  Danny Manning
NBA Utah Jazz

·  Lorenzen Wright
Kappa Beta, Spring '96
NBA Los Angeles Clippers

·  Elliot Perry
Kappa Beta, Spring '90
NBA Milwaukee Bucks

·  Johnny Newman
NBA New Jersey Nets

·  Erick Dampier
NBA Golden State Warriors

·  Rolondo Blackman
Former NBA Player with the Knicks and Mavericks

·  Alex English
Former NBA Player
Zeta Epsilon, Univ. of South Carolina at Columbia
1996 Inductee in NBA Hall of Fame

·  Bernie Bickerstaff
Head Coach of the NBA Washington Wizards

·  Darrell Walker
Former Head Coach of the NBA Toronto Raptors

·  Rudy Washington
Head Basketball Coach, Drake University
President, Black Coaches Association

·  Paul E. Smith
Head Basketball Coach, Dunbar High in Baltimore, MD
Alpha Gamma
Mr. Smith was named USA Today Coach of the Year in the early '90's, when Dunbar High was consistently rated as the top prep basketball program in the country. Former Charlotte Hornets' tandem Mugsy Bogues and David Wingate played on the same team at Dunbar.

·  Larry Finch
Head Basketball Coach, Memphis State University
Football

·  Gale Sayers
NFL Hall of Fame, RB for the Chicago Bears, Selected for the All Time NFL Team

·  Rod Smith
NFL Denver Broncos
Spring '92 Mu Epsilon

·  Stanley Pritchett
NFL Philadelphia Eagles
Fall '83 Zeta Epsilon

·  Greg Lloyd
1995 All-Pro
Spr. '83 Gamma Zeta

·  Derek Loville
NFL St. Louis Rams(RB)
Delta Alpha, Spr.'88

·  Larry Brown
Super Bowl XXX Most Valuable Player
Courtesy of George A. Williams, Gamma Phi,87

·  Eric Davis
NFL Carolina Panters, DB

·  Glyn Milburn
NFL Chicago Bears

·  Earnest Byner
NFL Washington Redskins, RB

·  Steve Wallace
Two Time NFL All-Pro Tackle, San Francisco 49er's
Theta Delta (Auburn), 1984

·  Chris Oldham
NFL Pittsburg Steelers (DB)
Delta Alpha,Spr '88

·  Willie Jackson
NFL Cincinatti Bengals

·  Robert Green
NFL Chicago Bears

·  Randall Hill
NFL Arizona Cardinals

·  Jesse Hester
NFL Oakland Raiders

·  J.J. Birden
NFL Kansas City Chiefs

·  Aeneas Williams
All-Pro Cornerback - NFL Arizona Cardinals

·  Guy McIntyre
NFL San Francisco 49ers - Retired All-Pro Guard

·  E.J. Junior
NFL Miami Dolphins - Retired Middle Linebacker

·  John Henry Johnson
NFL Pittsburgh Steelers - Fullback, 1954-66
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1987

·  Willie Davis
NFL Green Bay Packers - Cornerback, 1958-69
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1981

·  Lem Barney
NFL Detroit Lions - Cornerback, 1967-77
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1992

·  Ollie Matson
NFL Chicago Bears - Running Back, 1952-66
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1972

·  Bill Willis
NFL Cleveland Browns - Offensive/Defensive Tackle, 1946-53
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1977

·  Curtis McClinton
AFL-NFL Kansas City Chiefs - Running Back, 1962-69
1962 AFL Rookie of the Year; 1962 & 1965 all AFL

·  Jim Marshall
NFL Minnesota Vikings - Defensive Tackle
Played on the famed Purple People Eater defense

·  Ronald L. Cooper
Head Coach at Louisville Univ.
At at 33, he is the youngest Div. 1-A Coach

·  Ron Dickerson
Head Football Coach, Temple University

·  Carl Jackson
Asst. Coach, San Francisco 49ers

·  Bob Simmons
Head Football Coach, Oklahoma State Univ.
Courtesy of Darnell Abram, Zeta Omega (Spr. '94)

·  Michael Wiley
NFL Dallas Cowboys
Zeta Chapter

·  Charles Lee
NFL Green Bay Packers
Lambda Omega Chapter

·  Anthony Lucas
NFL Green Bay Packers
Iota Tau Chapter
Baseball

·  Kenny Lofton
MLB Clevland Indians, 1994 All Star

·  Emmett Ashford
First Black Umpire in Major League Baseball
Tennis

·  *Arthur Ashe
Tennis Legend, Civic Astivist
and Field

·  Jon Drummond
World Class Sprinter and 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist (4 x 100 relay)

·  Dr. Rev. Joseph H. Evans
Elected as first Black president to head the United Church of Christ (2 million members) in 1980
ilit

·  General Daniel James Jr., U.S.A.F
First Black General to wear 4 stars in the U.S. Military

·  Lt. General Russel Davis
First African American to command the National Guard

·  Lt. General Albert Edmunds
Commander of the Defense Information Systems Agency - Retired

·  Lt. General Andrew Chambers
Former commander of the famed 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and commander of the 5th (U.S.) Corps - Retired

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