Tau Beta Pi Generals and Flag Officers

The number of Tau Bates who served during World War I totals 483. There are 4,598 stars in Tau Beta Pi's service flag in World War II, in which 116 members gave their lives in service of their country. Four Navy admirals and 18 Army generals were members of the Association. Four members were known to have died in uniform during the Korean War. Many Tau Bates served during the Vietnam War, but no statistics are available. Members known to have reached the military rank of general or flag officer follow:
Joseph A. Ahearn, South Carolina Gamma '58 Major General, USAF (Ret.)
Algert D. Alexis, Pennsylvania Epsilon '19 Rear Admiral, USN
William A. Anders, Ohio Eta '62 Major General, USAF Res. (Ret.)
LeRoy H. Anderson, Montana Alpha '27 Major General, USA Reserve
John C. Arrowsmith, Ohio Alpha '17 Brigadier General, USA
Arthur H. Baiden III, South Carolina Gamma '62 Brigadier General, USA Reserve
Joe N. Ballard, District of Columbia Alpha '65 Lieutenant General USA
Gladeon M. Barnes, Michigan Gamma '10 Major General, USA
Robert D. Bay, Missouri Beta '49 Major General, USA Reserve
Carroll O. Bickelhaupt, Wisconsin Alpha '11 Brigadier General, USA
Andrew G. Bissell, Pennsylvania Epsilon '16 Rear Admiral, USN
David H. Blakelock, New York Delta '23 Brigadier General, USA
Frank O. Bowman, Alabama Alpha '18 Major General, USA
Roy D. Bridges Jr., Colorado Zeta '65 Major General USAF (Ret.)
Jay R. Brill, Indiana Alpha '52 Brigadier General, USAF
Russell C. Brinkman, Pennsylvania Epsilon '29 Rear Admiral, USN
James S. Brooks, Oregon Alpha '51 Major General, USA
Henry F. Bruns, New York Gamma '14 Rear Admiral, USN
William F. Cassidy, Texas Delta '31 Lieutenant General, USA
Robert W Chedister, Arkansas Alpha '72 Major General USA (Ret.)
William S. Chen, Michigan Gamma '60 Major General USA (Ret.)
Bruce C. Clarke, Tennessee Alpha '25 General, USA
Frederick J. Clarke, Texas Delta '37 Lieutenant General, USA
Wat T. Cluverius, Massachusetts Alpha 1896 Rear Admiral, USN
Jerry W. Cochrane, South Carolina Gamma '55 Major General, USAF
Cecil E. Combs, Ohio Eta '36 Major General, USAF
Lewis B. Combs, New York Gamma '16 Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.)
Gary L. Curtin, Maryland Beta '65 Brigadier General, USAF
Robert A. Duffy, South Carolina Gamma '51 Brigadier General, USAF (Ret.)
Carroll H. Dunn, Illinois Alpha '38 Lieutenant General, USA
Ralph Earle, Massachusetts Alpha 1896 Rear Admiral, USN
C. Ernest Edgar III, South Carolina Gamma '58 Major General, USA
Howard K. Eggleston, New York Gamma '31 Brigadier General, USA (dec. 6/2/87)
Thomas F. Farrell, New York Gamma '12 Major General, USA
Rogers B. Finch, New York Theta '41 Brigadier General, USA Reserve
John R. Fisher, New York Gamma '50 Rear Admiral USN (Ret.)
Robert H. Foglesong, West Virginia Alpha '68 General, USAF
John B. Franks, Michigan Gamma '17 Brigadier General, USA
E. J. Giering III,Louisiana Gamma '80 Brigadier General,USA
Guy H. Goddard, Texas Delta '41 Major General, USA
George W. Goethals, Michigan Gamma 1880 Major General, USA
Stephen T. Gonczy, Wisconsin Beta, 69 Brigadier General, USA Reserve
Robert C. Gooding, South Carolina Gamma '41 Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.)
Gordon M. Graham, California Alpha '40 Major General, USAF
Irwin P. Graham Jr., South Carolina Gamma '49 Major General, USAF
Jackson Graham, Oregon Alpha '36 Major General, USA
William C. Gribble, Michigan Beta '38 Lieutenant General, USA
Charles P. Gross, New York Delta '10 Major General, USA
Irvin Hale, Colorado Beta 1884 Brigadier General, USA
Clarence C. Hang, Iowa Beta '32 Major General, USA
Victor R. Hangen, Washington Alpha '34 Major General, USAF (Ret.)
Henry J. Hatch, Tennessee Alpha '57 Lieutenant General, USA (Ret.)
Elvin R. Heiberg III, South Carolina Gamma '53 Lieutenant General, USA
Frank A. Heileman, Missouri Alpha '14 Brigadier General, USA
James K. Herbert, Iowa Beta '33 Brigadier General, USA
David A. Herrelko, Ohio Theta '69 Brigadier General, USAF
Robert T. Herres, Ohio Eta '60 Brigadier General, USAF W.
Orme Hiltabidle, Pennsylvania Epsilon '19 Vice Admiral, USN
John R. Hodge, Illinois Alpha '18 Major General, USA
Frederick M. Hopkins Jr., New York Epsilon '26 Brigadier General, USA
William O. Hotchkiss, Wisconsin Alpha 1903 Brigadier General, USA
John P. Hyde, Ohio Beta '57 Major General, USAF
Donald G. Iselin, South Carolina Gamma '45 Rear Admiral USN (Ret.)
Ephraim F. Jeffe, New York Zeta '16 Brigadier General, USA
Richard L. Jewett, Iowa Beta '34 Brigadier General, USA
John P. Jones Jr., New York Gamma '57 Rear Admiral, USN
Thomas A. Kenan, Ohio Gamma '39 Major General, USA (Ret.)
Verne C. Kennedy Jr., Oklahoma Alpha '42 Brigadier General, USMC Reserve
J. William Kime, Massachusetts Beta '64 Admiral, USCG (Retired)
R. Michael Klein, Indiana Alpha '77 Rear Admiral, USN
John W. Knapp, South Carolina Gamma '54 Major General, USA
Hans Kramer, California Beta '18 Brigadier General, USA
Philip F. Kromer Jr., Iowa Beta '33 Brigadier General, USA Reserve
Julius K. Lacey, Tennessee Alpha '27 Major General, USAF (dec. 7/92)
William W. Lapsley, South Carolina Gamma '35 Major General, USA
Walter P. Leber, Missouri Beta '40 Lieutenant General, USA
Curtis E. LeMay, Ohio Gamma '32 Gen USAF: Vice-presidential candidate 1968
Carroll N. LeTellier, South Carolina Gamma '49 Major General, USA
A.R. Leudecke, Texas Delta '37 Major General, USA
Michael K. Loose, KansasAlpha '75 Rear Admiral, USN
Walter E. Lotz Jr., South Carolina Gamma '38 Lieutenant General, USA (Ret.)
Malcolm MacKinnon III, Massachusetts Beta '60 Rear Admiral, USN
Francis F. Manganaro, Washington Alpha '47 Rear Admiral, USN
John J. Manning, New York Gamma '15 Rear Admiral, USN
John L. Martin Jr., New York Zeta '48 Major General, USAF
Robert G. Maskiell, New York '64, Brigadier General, USA
Jerry V. Matejka, Texas Alpha '16 Brigadier General, USA
Mark T. Matthews, Ohio Eta '77 Brigadier General, USAF
Jewell C. Maxwell, Tennessee Alpha '47 Major General, USAF
James A. McDivitt, Michigan Gamma '59 Brigadier General, USAF
Charles I. McGinnis, Texas Delta '49 Major General, USA (Ret.)
Clarence E. McKnight Jr., South Carolina Gamma '52 Lieutenant General, USA
Thomas H. McMullen, Ohio Eta '64 Lieutenant General, USAF
George F. Meenaghan, Texas Beta '52 Brigadier General, USA
Augustus M. Minton, Ohio Theta '33 Major General, USAF
Benjamin F. Montoya, New York Gamma '60 Rear Admiral, USN
J. Bradford Mooney Jr,, South Carolina Gamma '53 Rear Admiral USN (Ret.)
Ben Moreell, Missouri Gamma '13 Admiral, USN
Armand M. Morgan, Massachusetts Beta '24 Rear Admiral, USN
Cecil R. Moore, Virginia Beta '16 Major General, USA
John W. Morris, Iowa Beta '43 Lieutenant General, USA
Lewis L. Mundell, Colorado Beta '32 Lieutenant General, USAF
Leighton R. Palmerton, Ohio Eta '60 Major General USAF (Ret.)
Floyd L. Parks, South Carolina Alpha '18 Brigadier General, USA
John H. Pedersen, Washington Alpha '40 Rear Admiral, USN Reserve
Eugene J. Peltier, New York Gamma '60 Rear Admiral, USN
Lewis A. Pick, Texas Delta '14 Lieutenant General, USA
Ernest A. Pinson, Ohio Eta '35 Major General, USAF
Steven R. Polk, Arizona Beta '74 Brigadier General, USAF
Joseph Pratt, New York Theta '60 Brigadier General, USA
Donald L. Putt, Pennsylvania Gamma '28 Lieutenant General, USA
Andrew P. Rollins Jr., Texas Delta '39 Major General, USA (Ret.)
Erlind G. Royer, Montana Alpha '61 Brigadier General, USAF
David Sarnoff, New York Lambda '11 Brigadier General, USA
Bernard A. Schriever, Arizona Beta '31 General, USAF
Herbert A. Schulke Jr., South Carolina Gamma '46 Major General, USA
Kenneth W. Schultz, New York Epsilon '51 Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret.)
Albin H. Schweers, Iowa Alpha '50 Brigadier General, USAF
Charles McClung Scott Jr., Texas Delta '53 Brigadier General, USA
Robert F. Seedlock, Ohio Alpha '37 Major General, USA
Roy T. Sessums, Louisiana Gamma '35 Major General, USAF Reserve
Ellie G. Shuler, Jr., South Carolina Gamma '59 Lieutenant General, USAF
Alden K. Sibley, Massachusetts Epsilon '33 Major General, USA
Lester R. Smith, Georgia Alpha '58 Rear Admiral, USN Reserve (Ret.)
J. Edward Snyder Jr., South Carolina Gamma '44 Rear Admiral, USN
John F. Sobke, Tennessee Alpha '62 Major General, USA
Carl A. Strock, VirginiaDelta '70 Lieutenant General,USA
Gilbert S. Taco III, Colorado Zeta '78, Brigadier General, USAF
Edgar P. Sorensen, Washington Alpha '15 Brigadier General, USA
Thomas F. Talbot, Alabama Alpha '52 Brigadier General, USAF Reserve
Jeffrey W. Talley, Indiana Gamma '95 Major General, USAR
Maxwell R. Thurman, North Carolina Alpha '53 General, USA
George E. Tomlinson, Tennessee Alpha '28 Major General, USMC Reserve
John C. Toomay, California Delta '59 Brigadier General, USAF
Carl A. Trexel, Iowa Beta '14 Rear Admiral, USN
Thomas K. Trigg, Mississippi Alpha '37 Brigadier General, USA (Ret.)
Richard H. Truly, Georgia Alpha '59 Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.)
William J. Van Ryzin, Wisconsin Alpha '35 Lieutenant General, USA
David A. Wagie, Colorado Zeta '72 Brigadier General USAF
John F. Wall, South Carolina Gamma '56 Lieutenant General, USA (Ret.)
Harry N. Wallin, Washington Alpha '34 Rear Admiral, USN
Edward R. Wassman, New York Alpha '48 Commander, USN; Silver Star WWII
Harold E. Watson, New York Gamma '33 Major General, USAF
Theron D. Weaver, Michigan Gamma '16 Brigadier General, USA
Jasper A. Welch Jr., South Carolina Gamma '52 Major General, USAF (Ret.)
Robert H. Wertheim, South Carolina Gamma '45 Rear Admiral, USN
James F. Whisenand, Illinois Alpha '32 Major General, USAF
William M. Zobel, New York Gamma '55 Rear Admiral USN (Ret.)
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