Notable Members
Members of Phi Kappa Tau have distinguished themselves in a number of fields including law and politics, the arts, medicine, business, the military, religion and education. Perhaps the fraternity's most recognizable member was the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is the fraternity's most visible political leader and from 2007 through 2010, three of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate were members. Paul Lauterbur won a Nobel Prize and two different members have been Commandants of the Marine Corps.
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