List of Chi Phi members
The list of Chi Phi brothers includes initiated members of Chi Phi.
Notable members
Notable members are listed by name and chapter.
Business
- William W. Atterbury - World War I BGEN and president of Pennsylvania Railroad 1925 to 1935 - Yale University1886
- Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1933 to 1934 - University of Georgia1892
- Eugene R. Black, Sr. - president of the World Bank 1949 to 1963 - University of Georgia1917
- John Lyon Collyer - president and chairman of B.F. Goodrich 1939 to 1960 - Cornell University 1917Warren Grice Elliott - president of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1902 to 1906 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1867
- MIT1873
- Richard G. Newman - chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation - Bucknell University 1956
- University of Illinois1912
- Georgia Institute of Technology1957
- Alfred C. Warrington - founding chairman and co-CEO of Sanifill, Inc. - University of Florida 1958
Education
- Hampden-Sydney College - Princeton University1824
- David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr. - chancellor of the University of Georgia 1906 to 1925 - University of Georgia1874
- Harmon White Caldwell - president of the University of Georgia 1935 to 1948 and Chancellor of the University System of Georgia 1948 to 1964 - University of Georgia 1919
- James Edward Dickey - president of Emory University 1902 to 1915 and Methodist Bishop - Emory University 1891
- William Preston Few - president of Duke University 1910 to 1940 - Wofford College 1889
- Walter B. Hill - chancellor of the University of Georgia 1899 to 1905 - University of Georgia1870
- Robert Stewart Hyer - first president of Southern Methodist University 1911 to 1920 - Emory University 1881
- Sidney Edward Mezes - president of University of Texas at Austin 1908 to 1914 and City College of New York 1914 to 1927 - University of California 1884
- Dr. Henry N. Snyder - president of Wofford College 1902 to 1942 - Vanderbilt University 1887
- Edwin Erle Sparks - president of Pennsylvania State University 1908 to 1920 and namesake of Chi Phi's Sparks Memorial Medal Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio State University 1884
- W. Allen Wallis - president, 1962 to 1970, and chancellor, 1970 to 1982 of the University of Rochester - University of Minnesota 1932
- John C. Weaver - president of University of Wisconsin System 1971 to 1977 - University of Wisconsin–Madison 1936
- George T. Winston - president of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1891 to 1896, University of Texas at Austin 1896 to 1899, and North Carolina State University 1899 to 1908 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1870
- P.K. Yonge - chairman of the Florida Board of Control 1909 to 1917 - University of Georgia1871
Engineering and science
- George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. - inventor of the Ferris wheel - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1881
- T. Keith Glennan - first director of NASA 1958 to 1961 - Yale University 1927
- Brewster Kahle - inventor of WAIS and founder of the Internet Archive - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1982
- Charles Greely Loring (architect) - Boston-based architect - Harvard 1903, MIT 1906[1]
- Frank and Kenneth Osborn - stadium architects and engineers that designed Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, and Tiger Stadium as well as college facilities for Michigan, Purdue, West Point, and Notre Dame[2] - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1880 & 1908
- Jesse W. Reno - inventor of the escalator - Lehigh University 1883
Entertainment, broadcast, and written media
- Dan Bakkedahl - improvisor, actor, and teacher - Florida State University 1992
- Andy Brick - composer, conductor, symphonist, and professor - University of Michigan 1987
- Walter Cronkite - anchorman of CBS News 1962 to 1981, namesake of Chi Phi's Walter Cronkite Congressional Award - University of Texas at Austin 1937
- Henry W. Grady - journalist, orator, and spokesman for the New South - University of Georgia 1868
- University of California-Los Angeles1993
- Billy Lane - author, television personality, and owner of Choppers, Inc. - Florida State University 1992
- Mark Ordesky - executive producer of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy - University of Southern California 1985
- Matt Vasgersian - MLB network studio host, sportscaster and former play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres - University of Southern California 1989
Government
U.S. Senators
- Hiram W. Johnson- U.S. Senator, California 1917 to 1945, see State Governors & Lt. Governors
- Hobart College1878
- Lee Slater Overman - U.S. Senator, North Carolina 1903 to 1930 - Duke University1874
- LeRoy Percy - U.S. Senator, Mississippi 1909 to 1912 - University of Virginia 1881
- Charles S. Robb- U.S. Senator, Virginia 1989 to 2001, see State Governors & Lt. Governors
- William B. Saxbe - U.S. Senator, Ohio 1969 to 1974; U.S. Attorney General 1974 to 1975; Ambassador to India 1975 to 1977 - Ohio State University 1940
U.S. Congressmen
- MIT1894
- Clay Stone Briggs - U.S. Congressman, Texas 1919 to 1933 - University of Texas at Austin
- Randolph Carpenter - U.S. Congressman, Kansas 1933 to 1937 - University of Michigan 1917
- University of Nebraska1912
- George B. Churchill - U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts 1925 - Amherst College 1889
- J. Edwin Ellerbe - U.S. Congressman, South Carolina 1905 to 1913 - Wofford College 1887
- Arthur Granville Dewalt - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1915 to 1921 - Lafayette College1874
- Marcus C.L. Kline - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1903 to 1907 - Muhlenberg College1874
- William Edwin Minshall, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Ohio 1955 to 1974 - University of Virginia1936
- R. Walton Moore - U.S. Congressman, Virginia 1919 to 1931, Asst. Sec. of State 1933 to 1941 - University of Virginia 1877
- William T. Pheiffer - U.S. Congressman, New York 1941 to 1943 and Ambassador to Dominican Republic 1953 to 1957 - University of Southern California 1919
- Thomas Wharton Phillips, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1923 to 1926 - Yale University1897
- William R. Ratchford - U.S. Congressman, Connecticut 1979 to 1985 - University of Connecticut 1956
- John Humphrey Small - U.S. Congressman, North Carolina 1899 to 1920 - Duke University 1876
- Emory Speer - U.S. Congressman, Georgia 1879 to 1883 - University of Georgia 1869
- Franklin & Marshall1858
- Henry Stockbridge, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Maryland 1889 to 1891 - Amherst College1877
- William L. Terry - U.S. Congressman, Arkansas 1891 to 1901 - Duke University 1872
- Vernon W. Thomson - U.S. Congressman, Wisconsin 1961 to 1974, see State Governors & Lt. Governors
Federal appointees
- Dan Amstutz - Ambassador-at-large for Agricultural and Trade Development - Ohio State University 1954
- Miles Copeland Jr., Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) founder, University of Alabama
- Hugh S. Cumming - U.S. Surgeon General 1920 to 1936 - University of Virginia 1891
- Franklin Knight Lane - Secretary of the Interior 1913 to 1920 - University of California 1886
- U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay 1980 to 1982 - University of Washington1950
- R. Walton Moore - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State 1933 to 1941, see U.S. Congressmen
- U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic1953 to 1957, see U.S. Congressmen
- William Barret Ridgely - U.S. Comptroller of the Currency 1901 to 1908 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1879
- Wilbur Ross - United States Secretary of Commerce - Yale University 1959
- William B. Saxbe - U.S. Attorney General 1974 to 1975, see U.S. Senators
- U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala 1989 to 1992 - Yale University1948
State Governors & Lt. Governors
- Dolph Briscoe - Governor of Texas 1973 to 1979 - University of Texas at Austin 1942
- Joseph Mackey Brown - Governor of Georgia 1909 to 1911 and 1912 to 1914 - Oglethorpe University 1872
- Nathaniel E. Harris - Governor of Georgia 1915 to 1917 - University of Georgia1870
- Governor of Alabama 1900 to 1907 - Mercer University1876
- Hiram W. Johnson - Governor of California 1911 to 1917; U.S. Senator, California 1917 to 1945 - University of California1888
- Hugh L. Nichols - Lt. Governor of Ohio 1911 to 1913 and Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio 1913 to 1920 - Ohio Wesleyan University 1888
- Charles S. Robb - Lt. Governor of Virginia 1978 to 1982; Governor of Virginia 1982 to 1986; U.S. Senator, Virginia 1989 to 2001 - Cornell University, University of Wisconsin–Madison1961
- Carl Sanders - Governor of Georgia 1963 to 1967 - University of Georgia 1945
- John Marshall Slaton - Governor of Georgia 1911 to 1912 and 1914 to 1915 - University of Georgia1886
- Lewis H. Sweetser - Lt. Governor, Idaho 1909 to 1913 - University of California 1889
- Vernon W. Thomson - Governor of Wisconsin 1957 to 1959; U.S. Congressman, Wisconsin 1961 to 1974 - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Wilfred D. Turner - Lt. Governor of North Carolina 1901 to 1905 - Duke University 1876
State politicians
- Jeremy Cooney - New York State Senate District 56 - Hobart College[3]
- John Giannetti Jr. - Maryland Senate District 21 2003 to 2007 - Bucknell University 1986[4]
- Ernest Alfonso Gray (born 1878), American politician from Virginia[5]
- William Washington Vance - Senator for Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes in Louisiana, 1886 to 1892[6]
- Chris Walters - West Virginia Senate District 08 2012 to present - West Virginia University 2010[7]
Mayors
- Eugene Herbert Clay - mayor of Marietta, Georgia 1910 to 1911 - University of Georgia 1903
- Bob McWhorter - mayor of Athens, Georgia 1940 to 1946 - See College Football Hall of Fame
- Peter Meldrim - mayor of Savannah, Georgia 1897 to 1899 - See American Bar Association
- John Humphrey Small - mayor of Washington, North Carolina 1889 to 1890 - See U.S. Congressman
- Vernon W. Thomson - mayor of Richland Center, Wisconsin 1944 to 1951- See State Governors
Legal
- Supreme Court of Vermont - Dartmouth College1912
- Parker Lee McDonald - chief justice, Supreme Court of Florida 1986 to 1988 - University of Florida 1950
- Peter Meldrim - president of the American Bar Association - University of Georgia 1868
- Hugh L. Nichols - chief justice, Supreme Court of Ohio 1913 to 1920 , see State Governors & Lt. Governors
- William Hayes Pope - chief justice, Territorial Court of New Mexico 1910 to 1912 - University of Georgia 1889
- William A. Schnader - Pennsylvania Attorney General 1930 to 1935 - Franklin & Marshall College 1904
Military
- MGEN Marine Corps Training Command
- BGEN William W. Atterbury, USA - director general of transportation and World War I veteranalso see Business
- MGEN Robert Courtney Davis, USA - adjutant general of the Army 1922 to 1927 - World War I Veteran - Franklin & Marshall College 1897
- RADM Samuel McGowan, USN - paymaster general 1914 to 1920 - Wofford College 1889
- BGEN Samuel Morse Felton, Jr., USA - director general of military railways and World War IVeteran also see Business
Sports
Football
College Football
- Earle Bruce - head football coach of Ohio State University and member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Ohio State University 1953
- Georgia Institute of Technology1948
- Georgia Institute of Technology1946
- Bill Hartman - All American, All SEC RB, and member of College Football Hall of Fame - University of Georgia 1938
- Bob McWhorter - All American, four-time All SEC DB, and member of the College Football Hall of Fame - University of Georgia 1914
- Edward Mylin - college coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Franklin & Marshall College 1916
- Bill Roper - head football coach for Princeton University and member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Lehigh University 1902
- Frank "Dutch" Schwab - two-time All American DG and member of the College Hall of Fame - Lafayette College 1923
National Football League
- University of Nebraska1941
- Georgia Institute of Technology1961
- Bucky Dilts - three year NFL punter - University of Georgia 1977
- University of Illinois1953
- Ross Scheuerman - NFL free agent running back - Lafayette College 2015
- Rankin M. Smith Sr. - owner of Atlanta Falcons 1965 to 2001 - University of Georgia 1946
- George Young - longtime GM of New York Giants - Bucknell University1952
Other sports
- Hampden-Sydney College1996
- Greg Barton - double Gold Medalist, 1988 Olympics in Kayaking (K1 & K2 1000 meters) and four-time world champion - University of Michigan 1983
- Chuck Cary - Major League Baseball pitcher played from 1985 to 1993 for Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals - University of California 1981
- Lawrence "Crash" Davis - Major League Baseball player and real life "Crash" Davis of Bull Durham movie - Duke University1940
- University of Texas1940
- Dan Magill - Hall of Fame tennis coach at the University of Georgia from 1954 to 1988 - University of Georgia 1946
References
- ^ "Technology Men Win Honors Abroad". The Boston Globe. February 24, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "RPI Alumni Hall of Fame". Frank C. Osborn and Kenneth H. Osborn. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ^ Craig, Gary. "Three Democrats squaring off in primary for state Senate seat being vacated by Joe Robach". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "NotFound".
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- ^ Boudinot Keith (January 1887). "The Chi-Phi Quarterly: Official Organ of the Chi-Phi Fraternity". New York City: Chi Phi Fraternity. p. 177. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^ "West Virginia Senate".