Here are just a few of the great men who call themselves FIJIs! For a more complete listing, view our national website.

Richard D. McCormick (Iowa State University 1961) is one of our most highly respected local alumni. Richard D. McCormick was elected president and COO of U.S. West in 1986. He was then elected CEO of US West in 1990 and chairman in 1992. Under his direction, U.S. West was the first of the Bell companies to create a nationwide network. Currently, he is on the boards of Nortel Networks Corporation, Wells Fargo and Company, United Technologies Corp., and HealthTrio Inc. (Source: Wellsfargo profile ) Calvin Coolidge (Amherst 1895) was born in Plymouth, Vermont in 1872 the son of a village shopkeeper. After graduating from Amherst College with honors, he quickly climbed the political ladder to Governor of Massachusetts as a conservative. Under what was known as "Coolidge prosperity" he polled nearly 54 percent of the popular vote for the presidency. His presidential term ended in 1928 whereafter he retired. Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State 1961) No name is more synonymous with greatness in the sport of golf than Jack Nicklaus, and no single person has changed the face of the sport more than he - the player, the designer, and the goodwill ambassador. He is the only player in history to have won each of the game’s majors at least twice (six Masters, five PGA Championships, four U.S. Opens, three British Opens and two U.S. Amateurs), and he is the only player to have completed the career "Grand Slam" on both the regular and senior tours. Nicklaus is a five-time winner of the PGA Player of the Year Award, has been the PGA Tour’s leading money-winner eight times and its runner-up six times. He has played on six Ryder Cup teams, captained two other Ryder Cup teams, and served as U.S. captain for the 1998, 2003 and 2005 Presidents Cup teams. Nicklaus and his wife Barbara have a long history of charitable work, from junior golf to children’s hospitals, including the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, which supports a number of pediatric health-care services, to several scholarship foundations. Residing in North Palm Beach, Fla., Jack and Barbara Nicklaus are parents to five children and grandparents to 19. (source: Nicklaus.com/nicklaus_facts/bio)