Thirteen of the twenty-two Surgeons General of the United States have been members of Alpha Omega Alpha:
2014-2017; and 2021 – Present
Vivek H.Murthy (Yale University School of Medicine, 2003)
2002-2006
Richard Carmona (University of California, San Francisco, 1980)
1998-2002
David Satcher (Case Western Reserve University, 1969)
1993-1994
Minnie J. (Joycelyn) Elders (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1973, Faculty)
1990-1993
Antonia C. Novello (University of Puerto Rico, 1987, Alumnus)
1982-1989
C. Everett Koop (Weill Cornell Medical College, 1989, Alumnus)
1977-1981
Julius B. Richmond (University of Illinois, 1938, Student)
1969-1973
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1979, Faculty)
1965-1969
William H. Stewart (Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, 1972, Faculty)
1956-1961
Leroy Edgar Burney (Indiana University, 1960, Alumnus)
1948-1956
Leonard A. Scheele (Wayne State University, 1947, Honorary)
1936-1948
Thomas Parran, Jr. (University of Columbia, 1940, Honorary)
1920-1936
Hugh S. Cumming (University of Virginia, 1922, Alumnus)
