The following list is merely a snapshot of brothers who have brought Acacia to prominence. The list of Acacia brothers includes initiated and honorary members of Acacia.
Notable alumni
Politics and government
Conrad G Selvig, Minnesota 1906 - US Congressman, Minnesota
Harry Leslie, Purdue 1907 - Governor of Indiana
William Jennings Bryan, Nebraska 1908 - Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson; orator William Howard Taft, Yale 1913 - 27th President of the United States of America Paul V. McNutt, Harvard 1914 - Governor of Indiana David Sholtz, Yale 1914 - Governor of Florida Arthur Capper, Kansas State 1916 - Governor and US Senator, Kansas Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma 1920 - US Congressman, Oklahoma Francis H Case, Northwestern 1923 - US Congressman, South Dakota Ralph Yarborough, Texas 1926 - US Senator, Texas Ovie Clark Fisher, Texas 1926 - US Congressman, Texas; writer John Moore Allison, Nebraska 1927 - diplomat; Ambassador to Japan; Assistant Secretary of State under Truman William G. Bray, Indiana 1927 - US Congressman, Indiana Homer Thornberry, Texas 1930 - US Congressman, Texas J. Edward Hutchinson, Michigan 1933 - US Congressman, Michigan Frank Carlson, Kansas State 1948 - US Congressman; US Senator; Governor of Kansas Homer E. Capehart, Indiana 1959 - US Senator, Indiana James 'Jim' Kolbe, Northwestern 1961 - US House Representative, Arizona Steve Scalise, LSU 1986 - Current US Congressman, Louisiana Jim Watson, Carleton University 1998 - Member of Provincial Parliament (Minister), Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1997–2000) (2010–Present) Douglas “Dewey” Lachance, University of New Hampshire, 1984-1990, NH Legislator 1987-1991 and 1998-2000, Mayor of Rochester, NH 1997-2001
Sports
Chester L. Brewer, Missouri 1911 - past head football coach at both Missouri and Michigan State; past Athletic Director of Missouri; Homecoming originator John L. Griffith, Illinois 1921 - past commissioner of what is now the Big Ten Conference Edwin Weir, Nebraska 1925 - Hall of Fame college football player Jack van Bebber, Oklahoma State 1931 - Olympic wrestler Calvin Griffith, George Washington 1935 - owner of Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins Arthur L. Valpey, Michigan 1936 - head football coach of Harvard and UConn Thomas "Tommy" James, Ohio State 1942 - professional football player, Cleveland Browns Dee Andros, Oklahoma 1948 - head football coach and athletic director, Oregon State Gene Conley, Washington State 1949 - professional baseball player and basketball player Roger Nelson, Oklahoma 1951 - Canadian Football Hall of Fame Richard ‘Dick’ Farley, Indiana 1951 - star IU basketball player for the 1953 National Championship team; NBA player David 'Wes' Santee, Kansas 1952 - Olympic runner Ron Fairly, USC 1957 - professional baseball player and broadcaster Tony Crosby, Texas 1963 - star kicker/halfback for UT's 1963 National Championship football team Pat Jones, Oklahoma State - Head Football Coach at Oklahoma State; Assistant Coach of Miami Dolphins Gary Patterson, Kansas State 1980 - current Head Football Coach at TCU
Business
Lewis H Wentz, Oklahoma 1927 - oil businessman
Dennis Chookaszian, Northwestern 1962 - Chairman and CEO of CNA Insurance Companies; professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business David A. Evans, Rensselaer 1979 - inventor of high capacity tantalum capacitor; President of Evans Capacitor Company
Higher education
Roscoe Pound, Nebraska 1905, Harvard 1913 - educator; Bushnell Hall at KSU dedicated in his name Albert B Storms, Iowa State 1909 - President of Iowa State University Walter Williams, Missouri 1909 - President of University of Missouri; founder of Missouri School of Journalism Raymond A. Pearson, Iowa State 1924 - President of Iowa State University Stratton D Brooks, Missouri 1925 - President of University of Oklahoma (1912) and University of Missouri (1923) Claude R. Sowle, Northwestern 1947 - past President of Ohio University L. Dennis Smith, Indiana 1956 - President Emeritus, University of Nebraska J Thomas Forbes, Indiana 1990 - CEO, IU Alumni Association at Indiana University