Tau Beta Pi Cabinet Members

Five Tau Bates have served as members of the Cabinet of the United States or held cabinet-level rank:
1953-57 Charles E. Wilson, Pennsylvania Gamma '09 secretary of defense
1959-61 Frederick H. Mueller, Michigan Alpha '14 secretary of commerce
1969-73 John A. Volpe, Massachusetts Delta '30 secretary of transportation
1989-93 D. Allen Bromley, Connecticut Alpha '48 assistant to President George H. W. Bush for science and technology
2005- Samuel W. Bodman III, New York Delta '61 secretary of energy
Another 25 members are known to have served as secretaries of a branch of the U.S. armed services or undersecretaries to members of the Cabinet or to the armed forces or as administrators or directors:
1972-77 John F. Ahearne, New York Delta '57 deputy assistant secretary of energy; deputy, principal deputy, and acting assistant secretary of defense
1975-77 Norman R. Augustine, New Jersey Delta '57 undersecretary of the army
1977-81 Jordan J. Baruch, Massachusetts Beta '48 assistant secretary for science and technology, Dept. of Commerce
1979-80 Arden L. Bement Jr., Colorado Alpha '54 undersecretary of defense for research and engineering
1978-80 Jay R. Brill, Indiana Alpha '52 deputy undersecretary of energy
1916-19 Vannevar Bush, Massachusetts Beta '16 first director of the National Science Foundation
1973-77 William P. Clements Jr., Texas Iota '85 deputy secretary of defense
1981-83 W. Kenneth Davis, California Alpha '40 deputy secretary of energy
1994- Gilbert F. Decker, Maryland Alpha '58 assistant secretary of the army for research, development, & acquisitions
1995-96 John M. Deutch, Massachusetts Beta '61 undersecretary and director of energy research (1979-80), Dept. of Energy; undersecretary of defense (acquisition) (1993-95); director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1995-96)
1971-75; 1977 James C. Fletcher, Utah Alpha '40 administrator of NASA
1955-57 Clifford C. Furnas, Indiana Alpha '22 assistant secretary of defense for research and development
1993-97 Mary L. Good, South Carolina Gamma '50 undersecretary of commerce for technology
1981-83 John W. Hernandez, New Mexico Alpha '51 deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
1985-91 Ronald L. Kerber, Indiana Alpha '65 deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering
1981-84 Donald C. Latham, South Carolina Gamma '55 deputy secretary of defense; assistant secretary of defense (1984-87)
1961-65 John A. McCone, California Alpha '22 director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and undersecretary of the air force
1974-77 Edward A. Miller, Maryland Beta '50 assistant secretary of the army for research and development
1969-71 David Packard, California Gamma '34 deputy secretary of defense
1993-97 Arati Prabhaker, Texas Beta '79 director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
1993-98 Harold P. Smith Jr., Massachusetts Beta '57 assistant to the secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs
1993- Gordon K. Soper, Tennessee Alpha '59 principal deputy assistant to the secretary of defense
1969-70 Myron Tribus, California Epsilon '49 assistant secretary for science and technology, Dept. of Commerce
1993-97 Shelia E. Widnall, Massachusetts Beta '60 secretary of the air force
1996-2001 John H. Zirschky, Tennessee Alpha '78 principal deputy assistant secretary of the army for civil works
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