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2010 Significant Sigs


Below you will find the list of 37 brothers who have been named 2010 Significant Sigs. 12 brothers were recognized with the presentation of their awards at the 2010 Grand Council in Skokie, IL on June 25, 2010, in the company of Fraternity and Foundation leadership, family, friends and sweethearts. Others have been or will be recognized at local ceremonies hosted by their respective alumni or undergraduate chapters.

Thomas H. Ault, San Diego State 1967,  
President & CEO
Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company

Clancy Brown, Northwestern 1981,
Professional actor

Clarence H. Brown III, M.D., Emory 1962,  
President & CEO  
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando

Joe M. Cavender, Texas A&M-Commerce 1978,  
President, Cavenders Boot City/ Western Outfitters;
Vice President, Cavender Investment Properties, Ltd.

Ralph W. Clark, Missouri 1962, 
Director, Leggett & Platt, Inc.
  
John R. Davis, Oklahoma 1984,
President, United States Beef 

Charles P. Duvall, M.D., Cornell 1958,
Provides free medical care at the Volunteers in Medicine clinic; 
Retired President, American Society of Internal Medicine

William B. Farrar, M.D., Illinois Wesleyan 1971, 
Professor of surgery, director of the division of surgical oncology, and director of medical affairs, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
     
Capt. Thomas W. Finta, US Navy (Ret.), Oregon 1965, 
Retired Captain and Naval Aviator
(decorated 31 year career, U.S. Navy)
  
Hon. Barry M. Goldwater Jr., Arizona 1962, 
United States Congressman, 1969-1983; 
Director of the National Collector's Mint;
Board of Directors, Goldwater Institute

R. Stephen Heinrichs, Fresno State 1968,  
Current director and retired CFO and co-founder
Avistar telecommunications
 
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Hemingway, USAF (Ret.), Willamette 1962, 
Senior advisor to Deputy Secretary of Commerce; 
Former legal advisor, Office of Military Commissions at Department of Defense

Van R. Hoisington, Kansas 1962, 
President, Hoisington Investment Management Co.
    
Bruce R. Jacob, Florida State 1957,  
Dean Emeritus of and professor at Stetson University College of Law

Jonathan B. Jarvis, William & Mary 1975, 
Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Stanley W. Johnson Jr., Sam Houston 1969,  
President, Stan’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.; 
National chairman, Air Conditioning Contractors of America

William C. Johnson Jr., Kansas 1962,  
Affiliated Executive, Freeman Spogli & Co.

John Kellett, McGill 1968,
Special advisor of mutual funds, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada
      
Joseph R. Kelly, Purdue 1966,  
Chairman & President, 
Kelly & Associates, Inc. management consulting firm

Gerald D. Knorr, Pennsylvania 1982, 
Managing director, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

Capt. Kenneth C. McManaman, JAGC, USNR (Ret.), Southeast Missouri 1972, 
Attorney, owner & operator, Kenneth C. McManaman, LLC

Mark E. Nunnelly, Centre 1980,  
Managing director, Bain Capital, LLC, a global investment firm

Tom W. Olofson, Pittsburgh 1963,
Chairman & CEO 
EQIP Systems, Inc

Donald C. Orr, Vanderbilt 1956, 
Chairman and retired president, Nashville Machine Company, Inc.; 
Former professional football official

Leonard N. ‘Bud’ Purdy, Washington State 1938,  
Self-employed rancher & vice president,
Picabo Livestock Co.
 
John R. Ragsdale, Sam Houston 1959,  
Chairman & executive vice president,
Gramdale, Inc.
  
Gary D. Roden, Texas A&M-College Station 1983,  
Executive Vice President
Aguirre Roden, Inc.

John H. ‘Jack’ Rogers, AIA, Virginia 1963,  
Distinguished architect; 
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects

Joseph E. Salvatore, M.D., Florida 1951, 
Volunteer physician & chairman, U.S. Naval Air Station’s Aviation Museum;
Retired Orthopedic Surgeon

Mark E. Sand, M.D., Purdue 1973,  
Vice chief of staff for Orlando Health, 
a network of six hospitals in the greater Orlando, FL area.
  
David B. Speer, Iowa State 1973,  
Chairman & CEO
Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Pedro E. Wasmer, Maryland 1962,  
Board of Directors, Santa Energy Corp; 
Founder, Somerset Investment Services, Ltd.
  
Ambassador A. Vernon Weaver, Florida 1943, 
Former Presidentially Elected U.S. Representative to the European Union;    
Assistant to the Chairman, Stephens Group and Stephens Inc.

Hon. Robert O. Wefald, North Dakota 1964,  
State District Court Judge in Bismarck, N.D.;
Former North Dakota Attorney General
   
William J. Welch, Oklahoma 1956,                                           
President, Welch Family Foundation;
Former Vice President, Republic Bank
   
J. Roger Williams, Texas Christian 1971,  
Chairman, Roger Williams Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealership;
Former Secretary of State for the state of Texas
  
Brig. Gen. Eddi Z. Zyko, Connecticut 1963,                                                              
Long military career including senior positions for Department of the Army, Pentagon; 
Legislative counsel for two Chiefs of the Army Reserve; and 
legislative consultant to the Reserve Officers Association
 

 


 


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