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 University 1886
• Eugene R. Black - president of Atlanta Trust Co. Bank and Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1933 to 1934 - University of Georgia 1892
• Eugene R. Black, Sr. - president of the World Bank 1949 to 1963 - University of Georgia 1917
• 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
• Samuel Morse Felton, Jr. - World War I BGEN and president of Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 to 1929 - MIT 1873
• Richard G. Newman - chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation - Bucknell University 1956
• Herman C. Krannert - founder, chairman, and CEO of Inland Container Corporation 1925 to 1970 - University of Illinois 1912
• James D. Robinson III - CEO of American Express 1977 to 1993 - Georgia Institute of Technology 1957
• Alfred C. Warrington - founding chairman and co-CEO of Sanifill, Inc. - University of Florida 1958

Education

• Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili - CSE Division Chair at LSU, Digital Forensics Scientist and Academic Administrator, Graduate Advisor of Kappa Zeta Chapter - Purdue University
• Archibald Alexander - president of Hampden-Sydney College - Princeton University 1824
• David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr. - chancellor of the University of Georgia 1906 to 1925 - University of Georgia 1874
• 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 Georgia 1870
• 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 Georgia 1871

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
• Chris Hardwick - host, actor, television personality, and comedian - University of California-Los Angeles 1993
• 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
• Matt Oberg - Actor University of Michigan 1998

Government

U.S. Senators

• Hiram W. Johnson - U.S. Senator, California 1917 to 1945, see State Governors & Lt. Governors
• Richard R. Kenney - U.S. Senator, Delaware 1895 to 1900 - Hobart College 1878
• Lee Slater Overman - U.S. Senator, North Carolina 1903 to 1930 - Duke University 1874
• 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

• Henry Alexander Baldwin - U.S. Congressman, Hawaii 1921 to 1923 - MIT 1894
• 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
• Jackson B. Chase - U.S. Congressman, Nebraska 1955 to 1957 - University of Nebraska 1912
• 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 College 1874
• Marcus C.L. Kline - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1903 to 1907 - Muhlenberg College 1874
• William Edwin Minshall, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Ohio 1955 to 1974 - University of Virginia 1936
• 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 University 1897
• 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
• William Shearer Stenger - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1875 to 1879 - Franklin & Marshall 1858
• Henry Stockbridge, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Maryland 1889 to 1891 - Amherst College 1877
• 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
• Lyle Franklin Lane - principal officer of U.S. Interests, Cuba 1977 to 1979; U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay 1979 to 1980, and U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay 1980 to 1982 - University of Washington 1950
• R. Walton Moore - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State 1933 to 1941, see U.S. Congressmen
• William T. Pheiffer - U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic 1953 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
• Thomas F. Stroock - U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala 1989 to 1992 - Yale University 1948

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 Georgia 1870
• William D. Jelks - Governor of Alabama 1900 to 1907 - Mercer University 1876
• Hiram W. Johnson - Governor of California 1911 to 1917; U.S. Senator, California 1917 to 1945 - University of California 1888
• 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–Madison 1961
• 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 Georgia 1886
• 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]
• Steven Rhoads - New York State Senate - District 5 - 2023–present - State University of New York at Albany

https://patch.com/new-york/oysterbay/live-results-brooks-vs-rhoads-state-senate-district-5

https://patch.com/new-york/merrick/nys-state-senate-5th-district-results

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

• Harrie Brigham Chase - associate justice, Supreme Court of Vermont - Dartmouth College 1912
• 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 Julian Alford, USMC - commanding general of Marine Corps Training Command
• BGEN William W. Atterbury, USA - director general of transportation and World War I veteran also 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 I Veteran 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
• Bobby Davis - two-time All American, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and NFL OL - Georgia Institute of Technology 1948
• Paul Duke - All American, All SEC, and NFL OL - Georgia Institute of Technology 1946
• 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

• Warren Alfson - two-time All American and NFL OL - University of Nebraska 1941
• Taz Anderson - seven-year NFL tight end (St. Louis & Atlanta) and 1961 NFL Rookie of the Year - Georgia Institute of Technology 1961
• Bucky Dilts - three year NFL punter - University of Georgia 1977
• Tommy O'Connell - All-American quarterback and NFL leading passer 1957 - University of Illinois 1953
• Jon "Deuce" Gruden - Strength and Conditioning Assistant of Las Vegas Raiders - Lafayette College 2016 ^[8]
• 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 University 1952

Other sports

• Griff Aldrich - head basketball coach of Longwood University - Hampden-Sydney College 1996
• 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 University 1940
• Adolph Kiefer - Gold Medalist in 100M backstroke in 1936 Olympics - University of Texas 1940
• Dan Magill - Hall of Fame tennis coach at the University of Georgia from 1954 to 1988 - University of Georgia 1946

References

1. "Technology Men Win Honors Abroad". The Boston Globe . February 24, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved October 31, 2023– via newspapers.com.
2. "RPI Alumni Hall of Fame". Frank C. Osborn and Kenneth H. Osborn. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
3. Craig, Gary. "Three Democrats squaring off in primary for state Senate seat being vacated by Joe Robach". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
4. "NotFound".
5. University of Virginia; its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. 1904. pp. 173–174. Retrieved April 23, 2023– via Archive.org.
6. 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.
7. "West Virginia Senate".
8. "Chakett_Fall_2017" (PDF).