Please join us in congratulating the 65 brothers listed below who have been named 2011 Significant Sigs. Recipients from this year’s class will be recognized with the presentation of their awards at the 2011 Grand Chapter in Dallas, TX on June 25, 2011 or at local ceremonies hosted by their respective alumni or undergraduate chapters.
Robert Flint Acker, Ph.D., Indiana 1942,
Retired Executive Director,
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the American Society for Microbiology
Robert W. Anderson, M.D., Duke 1959,
Retired Chairman & Professor of Surgery,
Duke Medical Center
George H. Babikian, Syracuse 1951,
Retired President,
ARCO Refining Products Co.
Col. Donald E. Boomershine, Bowling Green 1953,
Retired President, Better Business Bureau of Central Alabama
and the counties of Wiregrass (41 counties)
Russell Todd Bowers, Central Florida 1977,
Executive Vice President – Geographic Retail Banking,
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Donald Charles Buckley, M.D., Arizona 1978,
Director and Secretary,
Cardiac, Vascular & Thoracic Surgeons, Inc.
CAPT. W. Scott Butler, Virginia 1988,
Commanding Officer,
Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy
James H. Card, Missouri-Columbia 1963,
Retired Chairman of the Board,
Perkins Specialized Transportation, Inc.
Brig. Gen. James M. Chatfield, Connecticut 1962,
Retired Commander of the 1st Brigade of the Alabama State Defense Force
Henry 'Hank' N. Christiansen, Ph.D., Utah State 1957,
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Brigham Young University
Hon. Douglas L. Combs, Oklahoma 1973,
Supreme Court Judge District 8,
State of Oklahoma
Manning Johnston Correia, Ph.D., Emory 1959,
Retired Professor Emeritus,
Departments of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Alan Rau Crain Jr., Rensselaer 1973,
Senior Vice President & General Counsel,
Baker Hughes Incorporated
Frank O. Crosthwait Jr., Mississippi 1958,
Attorney, Crosthwait, Terney & Noble, PLLC
Hon. Bill Cunningham, Murray State 1966,
Supreme Court Judge of Kentucky, 1st District
Kenneth A. Cutshaw, Tennessee-Knoxville 1975,
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer,
Cajun Operating Company D/B/A Church’s Chicken
John S. Dahlem, Ph.D., Oregon 1965,
Retired President,
Southern California Interscholastic Federation;
and 2nd oldest American to Climb Mt. Everest
Merrill Clyde Daines, M.D., F.A.C.P., Utah State 1943,
Board of Trustees, past medical director and emergency room physician,
Logan Regional Hospital
Brett M. Decker, Albion 1993,
Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Times;
and national media commentator
Fred M. Degrandis, Michigan 1972,
Chairman, Cleveland Clinic Physician Partnership;
and President, Cleveland Clinic Health Network
Edward A. Ferkany, Bowling Green 1959,
Chief Executive Officer, Steel Consulting Services
Gerald F. Fletcher, M.D., Emory 1957,
Liaison for Outreach, Health and Wellness, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville;
and Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Philip Fraser, Dalhousie-St. Marys 1983,
President & CEO,
Killam Properties, Inc.
Donn C. Fullenweider, Houston 1957,
Senior Partner, Fullenweider Wilhite;
and Past Chairman, Board of Directors of State Bar of Texas
Stephen W. Goodroe, Georgia 1971,
Distinguished Executive-in-Residence,
Terry College of Business, University of Georgia;
and Former Vice President for Global Customer Marketing, Procter & Gamble
Hon. Harry A. Haines, Montana 1961,
Appointed Judge of the Unites States Tax Court
(term 2003 – 2018)
James A. Haslam III, Tennessee-Knoxville 1976,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Pilot Flying J, Inc.;
and part owner, Pittsburgh Steelers
William E. Haslam, Emory 1980,
Governor of Tennessee
Robert A. Hefner III, Oklahoma State 1986,
Founder and Owner,
The GHK Company (natural gas exploration)
Roger Trey Helms, Oklahoma State 1986,
Founder & CEO,
HelmsBriscoe (world’s largest broker of group travel)
Elliott Allan Hilsinger, Cincinnati 1969,
Chairman of the Board,
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries
Reginald S. Jackson Jr., Ohio State 1968,
Partner,
Connelly, Jackson, & Collier LLP
John W. James, Florida 1971,
Executive Director, Florida Gator Boosters, Inc.;
and former NFL Punter (13 Year career)
Burt Jensen, Missouri-Columbia 1961,
Retired FBI Agent; and founder,
The Benevolent Foundation
Thomas G. Knoll, Miami (Ohio) 1962,
Partner, Stark & Knoll Co., LPA
Col. James F. Laufenburg, Ripon 1979,
Director, Computer Sciences Corporation;
and former Chief of Staff to Gen. Petraeus in Iraq
Ronald J. Lewis, Montana State 1988,
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Southeast Region,
Coca-Cola Refreshments, an operating division of The Coca-Cola Company
Douglas W. Lundy, M.D., F.A.C.S., North Georgia 1986,
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and Board Member,
Resurgens Orthopaedics
Casey M. Martin, Stanford 1994,
Head Coach, Men’s Golf at University of Oregon;
and former PGA golfer
L. Milton McClure, Illinois 1963,
Partner,
McClure, Thomas & Thomas, LLP
Neal P. McDonough, Syracuse 1988,
Professional Actor
Herbert A. Miller Jr., Kentucky 1973,
President,
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
James K. Mitchell, Rensselaer 1951,
Retired Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech;
and Consulting Geotechnical Engineer
Ashby Carter Moncure, M.D., Virginia 1960,
Medical Director, Surgical Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
Andrew N. Nunemaker, Valparaiso 1991,
President, Intermedix EMSystems
Gary Addison Oakley, Colorado 1951,
Chairman of the Board, Oakley Industries
John H. Parker, Ph.D., Emory 1963,
Retired Founding and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry,
Florida International University
Brad Pitt, Missouri-Columbia 1986,
Professional Actor and Philanthropist
Daniel E. Pittard, Georgia Tech 1971,
President and CEO,
Rubio’s Restaurants, Inc.
Col. Lee R. Reid, Jr., Georgia Tech 1962,
31 years of military service; and
Retired Director, Resource Management Headquarters, STARC
John Phillip Sartin Sr., Oklahoma 1953,
Retired Director, ARVEST State Bank; and
Co-founder, Village South National Bank
Keith E. Schaefer, Pittsburgh 1971,
Founder, BPL Global, Ltd.
Stephen W. Scherer, Ph.D., Waterloo 1987,
Senior Scientist and professor,
The Hospital for Sick Children
Patrick W. Smith, Harvard 1992,
Founder, CEO and Director,
Taser International, Incorp.
Edward F.D. Spencer, Ph.D., Rochester 1967,
Vice President for Student Affairs,
Virginia Tech
Jeffrey H. Steinhour, Wyoming 1988,
Worldwide President & Managing Partner,
Crispin, Porter & Bogusky Advertising
Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., Rochester 1980,
The Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
David L. True, Purdue 1970/Wyoming 1973,
Managing Partner, True companies
Richard J. Walsh, Central Florida 1977,
Chairman and CEO,
The Knob Hill Companies
Glenn Weckerlin, Purdue 1979,
Director Global Brand & Product Line Management,
Chevron
Hon. Nathan Emmett White Jr., Southern Methodist 1964,
Retired Senior State District Judge (Texas)
Kaye E. Wilkins, M.D., Colorado State 1956,
Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics,
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
W. Russell Withers Jr., Southeast Missouri 1958,
President, Withers Broadcasting Companies; and
Past Chairman, The Radio Board, National Association of Broadcasters
Jay T. Wright, Bucknell 1983,
Head Coach,
Men’s Basketball at Villanova
Dr. Terry R. Yochum, Southeast Missouri 1967,
Owner and Director,
Rocky Mountain Chiropractic Radiological Center; and
faculty member,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
