Notable Members

Pi Sigma Alpha has over 300,000 members, many of whom are notable politicians, academics, journalists, and nonprofit and business leaders. Just a few of our notable alumni members are highlighted below.

WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST

Inducted at Stanford University | 1948
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice

DR. JEWEL LIMAR PRESTAGE

Inducted at the University of Iowa | 1954
Former political science professor at Southern University and the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in political science in the U.S.

DR. RALPH BUNCHE

Inducted at Howard University | 1956
The first Black Nobel laureate and former political science professor at Howard University

DR. PETER ACKERMAN

Inducted at Colgate University | 1967
Founder of Americans Elect and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

DR. CARLOS MUÑOZ, JR.

Inducted at Cal State University, Los Angeles | 1968
Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and the founding chair of both the first Chicano Studies department in the U.S. and the National Assn. of Chicana & Chicano Studies

TOM BROKAW

Inducted at the University of South Dakota | 1969
Television journalist; anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News (1982-2004)

DR. LESLIE B. MCLEMORE

Inducted at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst | 1970
Civil rights activist, professor at Jackson State University, and former interim mayor of Jackson, MS

SUSAN COLLINS

Inducted at Alma College | 1974
U.S. Senator (R-ME)

GARY C. PETERS, SR.

Inducted at Alma College | 1978
U.S. Senator (D-MI)

BONNIE ABAUNZA

Inducted at UCLA | 1985
Founder of the Abaunza Group, Co-founder of GSD Group, and Consultant for the International Labour Organization

DR. JOHN ISHIYAMA

Inducted at Northwest Missouri State University | 1991
Professor of political science at the University of North Texas and former President of the American Political Science Association