Famous Betas
These are just a few of the many successful national Beta alumni...
John Wooden - Purdue
Legendary UCLA Basketball Coach;
Won 10 National Championships

Sam Walton - Missouri
Founder of Wal-Mart

William Bowermann - Oregon
Co-founder of Nike

Ben Stiller - UCLA
Actor; in such films as Dodgeball, Zoolander, Meet the Parents

Wendell Willkie - Indiana
Republican Presidential Nominee in 1940 (Lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Michael Schmidt - Ohio
Hall of Fame Third Baseman for Philadelphia Phillies

William Anderson (a.k.a. Adam West) - Whitman
Actor; Batman, Family Guy (voice-over)

Robert Docking - Kansas
Former Governor of Kansas (1967-1975)

Jay Fieldler - Dartmouth
Quarterback; Miami Dolphins, New York Jets

Richard Karn - University of Washington
Actor; played Al Borland on Home Improvement, Family Feud host

J.C. Nichols - Kansas
Built/developed much of the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Liberty Memorial, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Kansas City University (now UMKC)

Max Falkenstien - Kansas
Legendary Kansas Jayhawks Radio Broadcaster

(from left to right) Paul Soter, Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske - Colgate University
Actors/ Directors/ Producers; members of comedy troupe Broken Lizard; in such films as Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest

W. Mark Felt (a.k.a. "Deep Throat") - Idaho
Exposed Nixon administrations' corruption in Watergate scandal

Robert Reed - Northwestern
Actor; played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch