IN GOVERNMENT
Alpha Delta Phi has provided opportunities for fellowship, fun and personal growth almost over 50,000 men since 1832. The goal is, simply put to help each other mold ourselves in to better men, morally socially and intellectually.
Here is a brief list of those more well known men who have taken what they learned in Alpha Delta Phi and used it for the betterment of their community, their country and the rest of humanity. The list has been divided into categories (Business, Science and Engineering, Sports, Entertainment, Education, Literature and Journalism, Science and Engineering, Government) and includes past and present activities and is in no sense all-inclusive.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harvard 1904
32nd President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Harvard 1880
26th President of the United States
Salmon P. Chase, Dartmouth 1826
Secretary of the US Treasury Department
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harvard 1861
Associate Justice; US Supreme Court
Joshua Chamberlain, Bowdoin 1852
Governor of Maine; Medal of Honor Reciepient
Frederick H. Gillett, Amherst 1874
Speaker; US House of Representatives
Michael N. Castle, Hamilton 1961
US Congressman
John S. Wold, Union 1938
US Congressman and philanthropist
William Luther, Minnesota 1967
US Congressman
Hon. John Black Aird, Toronto 1945
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Canadian Senator
Richard R. Burt, Cornell 1969
US Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. U.S. Chief Negotiator in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) with the fmr. Soviet Union
Joseph H. Choate, Harvard 1852
US Ambassador to Great Britain
Dwight F. Davis, Harvard 1900
Secretary of War; Donor of Davis Cup
William R. Day, Peninsular 1870
Secretary of State
Charles S. Fairchild, Harvard 1863
Secretary of the Treasury
James R. Garfield, Williams 1885
Secretary of the Interior
Alastair W. Gillespie, Memorial 1948
Member of Canadian Parliament, Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (Canada)
Fred Upton, Peninsular 1975
US Congressman
Alger Hiss, Johns Hopkins 1926
Clerk to fellow alumnus Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; influential US State Department official; convicted of perjury in House Un-American Activities Committee investigation into communist spying
Edward M. House, Cornell 1881
Politician, Presidential adviser, and diplomat
Otto Kerner, Jr., Brunonian 1930
Governor of Illinois
Charles H. Percy, Chicago 1941
U.S. Senator
Thomas C. Reed, Cornell 1956
11th Secretary of the Air Force. Author of At the Abyss:
An Insider's History of the Cold War
William Luers, Hamilton 1953
US Ambassador to Fmr. Czechoslovakia and Venezuela
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the
United States
Joshua Chamberlain
Governor of Maine;
Medal of Honor Reciepient; Gettysburg
Frederick H. Gillett
Speaker
US House of Representatives
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the
United States
Salmon P. Chase
Secretary
US Treasury Dept.
IN BUSINESS & FINANCE
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Brunonian 1897
Financier and Philanthropist
Henry Clay Folger, Amherst 1879
President, Standard Oil (Mobile)
David Packard, Stanford 1934
Founder, HewlettPackard
Grant Tinker, Dartmouth 1949
CEO, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Kevin Kennedy, Hamilton 1970
Managing Partner, Goldman Sacs
President, New York Metropolitan Opera
Robert G. McKelvey, Middletown 1953
President, George McKelvey Group, Inc.
Trustee, American Assoc. of Rhodes Scholars
Edwin Booz, Northwestern 1914
Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company
David Culver, Memorial 1946
Chairman and CEO emeritus of Alcan Aluminum Ltd.
John S. Dyson, Cornell 1965
Chairman, Millbrook Capital Management;
Former Deputy Mayor of New York City
Eran Egozy, Lambda Phi 1995
Founder and CTO of Harmonix Music Systems
G. Keith Funston, Phi Kappa 1932
President, New York Stock Exchange
William R. Grace, Columbia 1900
Founder, W.R. Grace & Company
Elbert Hand, Hamilton 1961
CEO of Hartmarx
Allan Sproul, California 1919
Director, Kaiser Aluminum
Scott Hand, Hamilton 1964
Chairman & CEO of INCO
Arthur B. Homer, Brunonian 1917
President, Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles H. Percy, Chicago 1941
Chairman, Bell & Howell Corporation
Phillip W. Pillsbury, Yale 1924
President, The Pillsbury Company
Elwyn L. Smith, Cornell 1917
President, Smith Corona Typewriter Company
Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser, Yale 1917
Chairman, Weyerhaeuser Company
Gerald B. Zornow, Rochester 1937
Chairman of Eastman Kodak
Colin Angle, Lambda Phi 1989
Founder and CEO of iRobot Corporation
IN LITERATURE & JOURNALISM
Robert Ludlum, Middletown 1951
Author
Francis Bellamy, Rochester 1876
Author of the original Pledge of Allegiance
Daniel Pearl, Stanford 1986
Journalist; Wall Street Journal
Henry R. Luce, Yale 1920
Publisher, Time Life
Chris Cuomo, Yale 1992
Television Journalist, CNN
Thorton Wilder, Yale 1920
Author/Playwright
Samuel Hopkins Adams, Hamilton 1891
Author
Philip Barry, Yale 1918
Author
Stephen Vincent Benet, Yale 1919
Poet
Richard G. Eberhart, Minnesota 1926
Poet
David Eisenhower, Amherst 1970
Author; Gradson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sean Ellis, British Columbia 2010
Author and playwright
John Farrar, Yale 1918
Poet, Publisher
Chris Miller, Dartmouth 1961
Co-author of Animal House
Col. Robert R. McCormick, Yale 1903
Editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.
Scott Turow, Amherst 1970
Novelist
IN SPORTS
Joseph S. Ames, Johns Hopkins 1886
President, Johns Hopkins University
Charles W. Eliot, Harvard 1853
President, Harvard University
William Watts Folwell, Geneva 1857
President of the University of Minnesota
G. Keith Funston, Phi Kappa 1932
President, Trinity College
Daniel Coit Gilman, Yale 1852
President, Johns Hopkins University
Kent Hubbell, Cornell 1967
Cornell University Dean of Students
Emory W. Hunt, Rochester 1884
President, Denison University;
President, Bucknell University
Harry Burns Hutchins, Peninsular 1871
President, University of Michigan
Robert M. Hutchins, Yale 1921
President, University of Chicago
Har Barry Mills, Bowdoin 1972
President of Bowdoin College
Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Union 1875
President of Union College
Eugene V. Rostow, Yale 1933
Dean, Yale School of Law; Advisor to U.S. Department of State
Thomas B. Rudd, Hamilton 1921
President, Hamilton College
IN ENTERTAINMENT
IN EDUCATION
MacDonald Carey, Wisconsin 1935
Actor
Roger Faxon, Johns Hopkins 1970
C.O.O. of Columbia Pictures, C.E.O. of EMI Music
Frederick March, Wisconsin 1920
Actor
Caleb Deschanel, Johns Hopkins 1966
Academy Award-nominated cinematographer
Hayden Schlossberg, Chicago 2000
Screenwriter
Ben Stein, Columbia 1966
Actor, Author, Economist, Humorist
Franchot Tone, Cornell 1927
Actor
Monte Woolley, Yale 1911
Actor
Walid Amini, Minneosta 2013
Actor
David Kronis, Massachusetts 1999
Production Designer, Tony Award Nominee for Hamilton
Bernard W. Bierman, Minnesota 1915
Athlete, University of Minnesota Football Coach
Otto Everett Graham Jr., Northwestern 1944
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns
Jackie Jensen, California 1949
Athlete, Major League Baseball outfielder
Walter A. Haas, Jr., California 1937
Owner of Oakland Athletics,
Chairman of Levi Strauss & Co.
Francis "Fay" T. Vincent, Williams 1960
Commissioner, Major League Baseball
Andy Enfield, Johns Hopkins 1991
Athlete, University of Southern California Basketball Coach
Jean Fugett, Amherst 1972
Athlete, NFL tight end, Dallas Cowboys 1972-1975, Washington Redskins 1976-1979
Bill Smith, Hamilton 1980
General Manager, Minnesota Twins
Jeremy Glick, Rochester 1993
US National Judo Champion
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Associate Justice
US Supreme Court
David Packard
Founder
HewlettPackard
Henry Clay Folger
President
Standard Oil (Mobile)
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Financier & Philanthropist
Grant Tinker
CEO
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Kevin Kennedy
Managing Partner
Goldman Sacs
Robert G. McKelvey
President
George McKelvey Group, Inc.
William Luther
US Congressman
John S. Wold
US Congressman &
Philanthropist
Michael N. Castle
US Congressman
Governor of Delaware
Chris Miller
Co-Author of Animal House
Thorton Wilder
Author/Playwright
Henry R. Luce
Publisher
Time, Life
Daniel Pearl
Journalist
Wall Street Journal
Francis Bellamy
Author of the original Pledge of Allegiance
Robert Ludlum
Author
Charles H. Percy
US Senator
Fred Upton
US Congressman
William Luers
US Ambassador
Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Owner, Oakland Athletics
Otto Graham, Jr.
NFL Quarterback
Hall of Fame
Bernie Bierman
Athlete/Coach
Univ. of Minnesota
Bill Smith
General Manager
Minnesota Twins
Andy Enfield
Athlete/Coach
Univ. of Southern Cal.
Francis "Fay" Vincent
MLB Commissioner
Ben Stein
Actor, Author, Economist, Humorist
Hayden Schlossberg
Screenwriter
Roger Faxon
CEO of EMI Music
Kent Hubbell
Dean of Student
Cornell University
Daniel Coit Gilman
President, Johns Hopkins University
William Watts Folwell
1st President of the University of Minnesota
Colin Angle
Founder and CEO
iRobot Corporation
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Chairman
Weyerhaeuser Company
Gerlad B. Zornow
Chairman
Eastman Kodak
Richard G. Eberhart
Poet
Chris Cuomo
Television Journalist
CNN
David Eisenhower
Author, Grandson of President Eisenhower
IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Frederick Madison Allen, California 1902
Pioneer in diabetes
Farrington Daniels, Minnesota 1910
Pioneer in solar energy;
Chairman, Chemistry at University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael Gazzaniga, Dartmouth 1961
Founder of the field of cognitive neuroscience
William H. Masters, Hamilton 1938
Researcher of human sexuality
Theodore Luqueer Mead, Cornell 1877
Naturalist, entomologist and horticulturist
Colonel Steven R. Nagel, Illinois 1969
NASA astronaut; Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle Columbia
Kenneth Ouriel, Rochester 1977
Vascular surgeon and Chief of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic
Louis Ridenour, Chicago 1932
Developer of radar, adviser to President Eisenhower
Pedro A. Sanchez, Cornell 1962
Soil scientist, 2002 World Food Prize Laureate
Daniel M. Tani, Lambda Phi 1984
NASA astronaut, Space Shuttle Endeavour,
International Space Station
Josiah Whitney, Yale 1839
California State Geologist; namesake of the highest peak in the continental US, Mt. Whitney
Farrington Daniels
Pioneer in Solar Energy
Dr. William H. Masters
Researcher of Human Sexuality
Col. Stephen R. Nagel
Astronaut
Daniel M. Tani
Astronaut
Josiah Whitney
Geologist
Kenneth Ouriel
Chief of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
IN LAW & JUDICIARY
Samuel Blatchford, Columbia 1837
Justice, US Supreme Court
Henry Billings Brown, Yale 1856
Justice, US Supreme Court
Salmon P. Chase, Dartmouth 1826
Chief Justice, US Supreme Court
William R. Day, Peninsular 1870
Justice, US Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harvard 1861
Justice, US Supreme Court
John Jay, Columbia 1836
Abolitionist and grandson of John Jay, First Chief Justice of US Supreme Court
Dana Porter, Toronto 1921
Chief Justice of Ontario
George Shiras, Jr., Yale 1853
Justice, US Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone, Amherst 1894
Chief Justice, US Supreme Court
Samuel Blatchford
Associate Justice
US Supreme Court
William R. Day
Associate Justice
US Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Chief Justice
US Supreme Court
Edwin Booz
Founder
Booz Allen Hamilton
Eran Egozy
Founder and CTO
Harmonix Music Systems
John S. Dyson
Chairman
Millbrook Capital Management
IN CLERGY
Bishop Theodore B. Lyman, Hamilton 1837
Father Thomas Merton, Columbia 1938
Bishop Herbert Shipman, Madison (Colgate) 1890
Reverend Edmund M. Pease, Amherst 1854
