Prominent Pikes

Pikes are everywhere. Business, public service, entertainment, arts, media, sports and education—you name it, we're succeeding in it.

Business

Jason Alkire

American Fashion Designer, Haus Alkire Fashion Label

Nolan Bushnell

Entrepreneur and Founder, Atari Inc. and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters

S. Truett Cathy*

Founder and CEO, Chick-Fil-A

Dr. Stephen R. Covey*

Co-founder and Vice Chairman, FranklinCovey

Michael Dubin

CEO and Co-founder, Dollar Shave Club

Ike Evans

President and COO, Union Pacific Corp.

Joe T. Ford

Former Chairman of the Board, Director ALLTEL Corporation

Chad O. Holliday

Chairman of the Board, Royal Dutch Shell

Edward A. Pease

Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.

Joseph J. Plumeri

Vice Chairman First Data Board of Directors; Former CEO of Willis Group, Citibank North America, and Primerica

Sir Chef Bruno Serato

Philanthropist, Chef, Author, Speaker

Samuel K. Skinner

President of Commonwealth Edison; Former Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff to President George Bush
Sports

Bobby Bowden

Former Head Football Coach, Florida State

Pat Bowlan

Owner, Denver Broncos

Jimbo Fisher

Head Football Coach, Texas A&M

Dabo Swinney

Head Football Coach, Clemson University

Bob Bowman

USA Men's Swimming Head Coach; CEO, North Baltimore Aquatic Club

Marvin Bracy

2016 Olympian, Sprinter

Todd Hayes

2002 U. S. Olympian, Silver Medalist Bobsledding

Kent Bazemore

Professional Basketball Player, Atlanta Hawks

Horace Grant

Former Professional Basketball Player

Okaro White

Professional Basketball Player, Long Island Nets

Tripp Gibson

Major League Baseball Umpire

Daniel Berger

Professional Golfer

Hubert Green*

Professional Golfer; World Golf Hall of Fame Member
Entertainment

Josh Bernstein

Explorer At Large

Tim Ferriss

Author, Investor, Advisor

Buddy Jewell

Country Music Artist

Tim McGraw

Country Music Artist

Craig Morgan

Country Music Artist, Army Veteran

Jim Rash

Professional Actor

Will Shortz

New York Times Puzzle Editor

Eric A. Stonestreet

Professional Actor

Scott Van Pelt

ESPN Anchor

Cody Hanson

Professional Musician

Craig Campbell

Country Music Artist

David Nail

Country Music Artist

Joe Garvey

Professional Musician

Rick Dees

Radio Personality

Ted Koppel

Retired ABC's Nightline Anchor
Education

Bill LaForge

President, Delta State University

Dan Mahony

President, Winthrop University

Dr. Samuel H. Smith

President Emeritus, Washington State University

Gordon Gee

President, West Virginia University

Kenneth T. Jackson

Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences-Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City

William Mankin

Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Public Service

Brian Babin

U.S. Congressman [R-TX]

John Carter

U.S. Congressman [R-TX]

Charlie Crist

U.S. Congressman [D-FL]

Nicholas Lampson

Former U.S. Congressman [D-TX]

Pete Sessions

Former U.S. Congressman [R-TX]

David Young

Former U.S. Congressman [R-IA]

Pat Roberts

U.S. Senator [R-KS]

Thad Cochran

Former U.S. Senator [R-MS]

Jon Kyl

Former U.S. Senator [R-AZ]

Doug Ducey

Governor, State of Arizona

Alan Wilson

South Carolina Attorney General

John H. Gibson II

Former Chief Management Officer of Department of Defense

Karl Rove

Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush

Robert Pearson

Former Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador to Turkey, and Director of Human Resources in the Foreign Service

Vice Admiral Kevin "Kid" Donegan

Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, Commander 5th Fleet, Commander Combined Maritime Forces

Serge Kovaleski

Pulitzer Prize winning Investigative Reporter, The New York Times