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Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society

FRATERNAL HONOR SOCIETY

Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society

Founded in 1914 at Washington and Lee University.

Official Website:
http://www.odk.org/

Founding Date:
1914

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ruggero J. Aldisert
Judge
10-Nov-1919 28-Dec-2014 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-86
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Politician
15-Jun-1898 15-Apr-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
Joseph M. Barr
Politician
28-May-1906 26-Aug-1982 Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70
Bill Bass
Scientist
30-Aug-1928   Human decomposition
Herbert H. Bateman
Politician
7-Aug-1928 11-Sep-2000 Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000
John S. Battle
Politician
11-Jul-1890 9-Apr-1972 Governor of Virginia, 1950-54
Ned Breathitt
Politician
26-Nov-1924 11-Oct-2003 Governor of Kentucky, 1963-67
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
Economist
8-Jul-1939   President of the Richmond Fed, 1993-2004
Robert L. Burrus, Jr.
Attorney
1934   Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006
Beth Chapman
Politician
6-Apr-1962   Alabama Secretary of State
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Attorney
17-Jul-1935   US Attorney General, 1979-81
Thad Cochran
Politician
7-Dec-1937   US Senator from Mississippi
Susan Collins
Politician
7-Dec-1952   US Senator from Maine
Deborah L. Cook
Judge
8-Feb-1952   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
John N. Dalton
Politician
11-Jul-1931 30-Jul-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1978-82
Brady J. Deaton
Educator
c. 1944   President, University of Missouri
Michael DeBakey
Doctor
7-Sep-1908 11-Jul-2008 Father of cardiovascular surgery
Paul Dietzel
Football
5-Sep-1924 24-Sep-2013 South Carolina Head Coach, 1966-74
James B. Edwards
Politician
24-Jun-1927 26-Dec-2014 Governor of South Carolina, 1975-79
Mark Emmert
Educator
16-Dec-1952   President, University of Washington
Gordon R. England
Government
15-Sep-1937   US Deputy Secretary of Defense
Donald Evans
Government
26-Jul-1946   US Secretary of Commerce, 2001-05
Max Faget
Scientist
26-Aug-1921 9-Oct-2004 Designer of NASA spacecraft
Randy Forbes
Politician
17-Feb-1952   Congressman, Virginia 4th
James R. Gavin III
Doctor
c. 1945   Morehouse School of Medicine
William W. George
Business
14-Sep-1942   CEO of Medtronic, 1991-2001
E. Duncan Getchell
Attorney
12-Oct-1949   McGuireWoods LLP
Virgil Goode
Politician
17-Oct-1946   Congressman from Virginia, 1997-2009
Lanny Griffith
Lobbyist
13-Aug-1951   Lobbyist, Barbour Griffith & Rogers
William J. Haynes II
Government
30-Mar-1958   DOD General Counsel, 2001-08
Steny Hoyer
Politician
14-Jun-1939   Congressman, Maryland 5th
Glenn Hubbard
Economist
4-Sep-1958   George W. Bush economist
Brereton C. Jones
Politician
27-Jun-1939   Governor of Kentucky, 1991-95
Robert C. Khayat
Educator
18-Apr-1938   Chancellor, University of Mississippi
David T. Kollat
Business
7-Jul-1938   VP at Limited Brands, 1976-84
Timothy Koogle
Business
5-Jul-1951   CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001
Ken Lay
Business
15-Apr-1942 5-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
R. Fred Lewis
Judge
14-Dec-1947   Florida Chief Justice
John M. Lilley
Educator
24-Mar-1939   President, Baylor University
James K. Logan
Judge
21-Aug-1929   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
John V. Lombardi
Educator
1942   President, Louisiana State University
Russell Long
Politician
3-Nov-1918 9-May-2003 US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87
John A. Love
Politician
29-Nov-1916 21-Jan-2002 Governor of Colorado, 1963-73
Dick Lugar
Politician
4-Apr-1932   US Senator from Indiana
Champ Lyons, Jr.
Judge
6-Dec-1940   Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
Deborah Platt Majoras
Government
1963   FTC chairwoman
David H. Martin
Activist
?   Founder, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Haldane Robert Mayer
Judge
21-Feb-1941   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Dan Moldea
Journalist
27-Feb-1950   Muckraker
Story Musgrave
Astronaut
19-Aug-1935   Spent 1281 hours in space
Ronald L. Olson
Attorney
1941   Munger Tolles & Olson
John B. Peatman
Educator
?   Engineering Professor at Georgia Tech
Claude Pepper
Politician
8-Sep-1900 30-May-1989 Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
William D. Phillips
Physicist
5-Nov-1948   Trapped atoms with laser light
Sandra Pianalto
Economist
4-Aug-1954   President and CEO, Cleveland Fed
David M. Potter
Historian
6-Dec-1910 18-Feb-1971 The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
Robert D. Ray
Politician
26-Sep-1928   Governor of Iowa, 1969-83
Ronald W. Roskens
Business
11-Dec-1932   President, University of Nebraska, 1977-78
Kenneth P. Ruscio
Educator
c. 1954   President, Washington and Lee University
Herbert A. Sklenar
Business
7-Jun-1931   CEO of Vulcan Materials, 1986-97
David Sokol
Business
1956   CEO, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, 1993-2008
Thomas B. Stanley
Politician
16-Jul-1890 10-Jul-1970 Governor of Virginia, 1954-58
Deanell Reece Tacha
Judge
26-Jan-1946   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
William B. Traxler, Jr.
Judge
1-May-1948   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bill Tuck
Politician
28-Sep-1896 9-Jun-1983 Governor of Virginia, 1946-50
Ernest Vandiver
Politician
3-Jul-1918 21-Feb-2005 Governor of Georgia, 1959-63
Richard L. Walker
Scholar
13-Apr-1922 22-Jul-2003 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1981-86
Joseph M. Watt
Judge
8-Mar-1947   Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
John Giffen Weinmann
Attorney
29-Aug-1928   White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93
John A. White
Business
c. 1940   Chancellor, University of Arkansas
William Winter
Politician
21-Feb-1923   Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84
Thomas A. Woodall
Judge
1950   Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
John D. Zeglis
Business
1947   CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004




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