notable alumni
With more than 200,000 initiated brothers since 1839, many influential men have worn the Beta Badge and gone on to have a large impact on society. The Fraternity is proud to claim among its members the 17th Vice President of the United States, the 17th Prime Minister of Canada, 200+ members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives – including two Speakers of the House, eight U.S. Supreme Court Justices, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 32 ambassadors, 50 governors to 23 states, two Canadian Premiers, six Congressional Medal of Honour recipients and seven Presidential Medal of Freedom honourees, 34 Olympic gold medalists, three Nobel Prize winners, 85 Rhodes Scholars, 12 Pulitzer Prize winners and many more.
UBC CHAPTER ALUMNI
John Turner
17th Prime Minister of Canada
Mike Harcourt
30th Premier of BC and 39th Mayor of Vancouver
Inaki Gomez
2012 Summer Olympics Canadian Team Member
INTERNATIONAL BETA ALUMNI
John Wooden
UCLA Basketball Coaching Legend
Bill Bowerman
Co-Founder, Nike
Bill Nelson
U.S. Senator & Astronaut
Frank Shrontz
CEO, Boeing
Sam Walton
Founder and Chairman, Walmart
Bruce Nordstrom
CEO, Nordstrom
Neil Everett
Broadcaster, ESPN’s Sportscenter
Ed Roski
CEO, Majestic Realty; Co-owner, L.A. Lakers, Kings and Staples Center
Shahid Khan
Owner, NFL Jacksonville Jaguars
John Warnock
Co-Founder, Adobe Systems Inc
Adam West
“Batman”
Mike Schmidt
MLB Hall of Famer