List of Phi Delta Theta members

This is a list of prominent alumni of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Names are listed followed by the school attended and their graduation year.

The signature of Lou Gehrig indicating his membership into Phi Delta Theta

Academia

Air and space

Art and architecture
  • Francis Chapin, Washington & Jefferson College, 1921 – painter
  • Julian Franklin Everett, University of Wisconsin, 1894 – architect known for his work in Seattle[1]
  • Hank Ketcham, University of Washington, 1941 – cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace comic strip
  • Frank Lloyd Wright, University of Wisconsin, 1888 – architect

Business

Entertainment

Film and television

Music
  • Josh Abbott, Texas Tech University – country musician, Josh Abbott Band
  • Chris Cagle, Northwest Missouri State University, 2005 – country musician
  • Frank Crumit, Ohio University, 1912 – singer and songwriter
  • Casey Donahew, Texas A&M University – country musician, Casey Donahew Band
  • Wayland Holyfield, University of Arkansas, 1964 – songwriter
  • Bob James, University of Michigan, 1961 – jazz musician, Grammy Award recipient
  • Werner Janssen, Dartmouth College, 1921 – conductor and composer
  • Erich Kunzel, Dartmouth College, 1957 – symphony conductor; Grammy Award recipient
  • Phil Pritchett, Southwestern University – country musician, singer and songwriter
  • Phil Walden, Mercer University, 1962 – founder of Capricorn Records

Radio
  • Edgar White Burrill, Amherst College, 1906 – radio announcer and lecturer
  • Ken Niles, University of Montana, 1928 – radio actor
  • Wendell Niles, University of Montana, 1927 – broadcaster during the Golden Age of radio

Video games
  • Alex Seropian, University of Chicago, 1991 – developer of the Halo, Marathon, and Myth game series

Government

Canada

Executive branch
Benjamin Harrison
23rd President of the United States
Adlai Stevenson I,
23rd Vice President of the United States
John W. Foster
32nd Secretary of State of the United States

Judicial branch

Governors

US Congressmen
Alumnus William Bankhead served as Speaker of the House 1936–1940.
  • Neil Abercrombie, Union, 1959 – representative from Hawaii 1986–1987, 1991–2010
  • John Alexander Anderson, Miami University (Ohio), 1853 – representative from Kansas, 1879–1886
  • William B. Bankhead, University of Alabama, 1893 – former Speaker of the House, representative from Alabama, 1917–1940
  • Douglas Barnard, Mercer University, 1943 – representative from Georgia, 1977–1992
  • Chris Bell, University of Texas, 1988 – representative from Texas, 2002–2004
  • Richard Walker Bolling, University of South, 1937 – representative from Missouri, 1949–1982
  • Charles G. Bond, Ohio State University, 1899 – representative from New York, 1921–1922
  • Edward J. Bonin, Dickinson College, 1933 – representative from Pennsylvania, 1953–1954
  • William G. Brantley, University of Georgia, 1881 – representative from Georgia, 1897–1912
  • Jim Broyhill, University of North Carolina, 1950 – representative from North Carolina, 1963–1984
  • Bradley Byrne, Duke University, 1977 – representative from Alabama, 2013–present
  • Howard Callaway, Georgia Tech, 1948 – representative from Georgia, 1965–1966
  • Frank Ertel Carlyle, University of North Carolina, 1920 – representative from North Carolina, 1949–1956
  • James M. Collins, Southern Methodist University, 1937 – representative from Texas, 1967–1982
  • Robert J. Corbett, Allegheny College, 1927 – representative from Pennsylvania, 1939–1972
  • Jim Courter, Colgate University, 1963 – representative from New Jersey, 1979–1990
  • Edwin R. Durno, University of Oregon, 1921 – representative from Oregon, 1961–1962
  • John Fleming, Jr., Ole Miss, 1973 – representative from Louisiana, 2009–present
  • Charles K. Fletcher, Stanford University, 1924 – representative from California, 1947–1948
  • Wyche Fowler, Davidson College, 1962 – representative from Georgia, 1977–1986
  • Burton L. French, University of Idaho, 1901 – representative from Idaho, 1903–1932
  • James G. Fulton, Penn State, 1924 – representative from Pennsylvania, 1945–1972
  • Charles Goodell, Williams College, 1949 – representative from New York, 1959–1970
  • Oscar Lee Gray, University of Alabama, 1885 – representative from Alabama, 1915–1917
  • Francis M. Griffith, Franklin College, 1874 – representative from Indiana, 1897–1904
  • James M. Griggs, Vanderbilt University, 1881 – representative from Georgia, 1897–1910
  • Andrew H. Hamilton, Wabash College, 1855 – representative from Indiana, 1875–1878
  • Thomas Hardwick, Mercer University, 1892 – representative from Georgia, 1903–1918
  • Rufus Hardy, University of Georgia, 1875 – representative from Texas, 1907–1922
  • Joel Hefley, Oklahoma State, 1959 – representative from Colorado, 1987–2007
  • William M. Howard, University of Georgia, 1877 – representative from Georgia, 1897–1910
  • Jared Huffman, UC Santa Barbara, 1986 – representative from California, 2013–present
  • John Jarman, Westminster College, 1936 – representative from Oklahoma, 1951–1976
  • Royal C. Johnson, University of South Dakota, 1906 – representative from South Dakota, 1915–1932
  • John L. Kennedy, Knox College, 1883 – representative from Nebraska, 1905–1906
  • Frank Kratovil, McDaniel College, 1990 – representative from Maryland, 2009–2011
  • Charles M. La Follette, Wabash College, 1920 – representative from Indiana, 1943–1946
  • James G. Lee, Emory University, 1880 – representative from Georgia, 1905–1926
  • William Lemke, University of North Dakota, 1903 – representative from North Dakota, 1933–1950
  • Pete McCloskey, Stanford University, 1951 – author of the Endangered Species Act; representative from California, 1967–1983
  • Robert C. McEwen, University of Vermont, 1942 – representative from New York, 1965–1980
  • Charles F. McLaughlin, University of Nebraska, 1908 – representative from Nebraska, 1935–1942
  • James McNulty, Arizona, 1950 – representative from Arizona, 1983–1985
  • Luke Messer, Wabash College, 1991 – representative from Indiana, 2013–present
  • Walt Minnick, Whitman College, 1958 – representative from Idaho, 2009–2011
  • Chester Mize, University of Kansas, 1939 – representative from Kansas, 1965–1970
  • Martin A. Morrison, Butler University, 1883 – representative from Indiana 1910–1916
  • Charles L. Moses, Mercer University, 1876 – representative from Georgia, 1891–1896
  • Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Gettysburg College, 1908 – representative from Pennsylvania, 1947–1948
  • William B. Oliver, University of Alabama, 1887– representative from Alabama, 1915–1936
  • James W. Overstreet, Mercer University, 1888 – representative from Georgia, 1905–1922
  • Jim Ramstad, University of Minnesota – representative from Minnesota, 1991–2009
  • Dwight L. Rogers, Mercer University, 1910 – representative from Florida, 1945–1954
  • Paul G. Rogers, University of Florida, 1942 – representative from Florida, 1955–1978
  • David Rouzer, North Carolina State, 1994 – representative from North Carolina, 2015–present
  • Max Sandlin, Baylor, 1975 – representative from Texas, 1997–2004
  • Jouette Shouse, University of Missouri, 1899 – representative from Illinois, 1915–1918
  • Garner E. Shriver, Wichita State University, 1934 – representative from Kansas, 1961–1976
  • Jim Slattery, Washburn University, 1970 – representative from Kansas, 1983–1995
  • Albert T. Smith Jr., Auburn University, 1953 – representative from Alabama, 1981–1983
  • Adlai E. Stevenson, Centre College, 1860 – representative from Illinois, 1875–1880
  • Willis Sweet, University of Nebraska, 1879 – representative from Idaho, 1889–1894
  • Clark W. Thompson, University of Oregon, 1918 – representative from Texas, 1933–1966
  • Edwin Keith Thomson, University of Wyoming, 1939 – representative from Wyoming, 1955–1960
  • Samuel Tribble, University of Georgia, 1891 – representative from Georgia, 1911–1916
  • Frederick M. Vinson, Centre College, 1909 – representative from Kentucky, 1924–1928, 1930–1937
  • Francis E. Walter, Lafayette College, 1916 – representative from Pennsylvania, 1933–1964
  • Thomas B. Ward, Miami University (Ohio), 1855 – representative from Indiana, 1883–1886

US Senators
  • Brock Adams, University of Washington, 1948 – Secretary of Treasury; Congressman from Washington; senator from Washington, 1987–1993
  • John Allen, Wabash College, 1867 – senator from Washington, 1889–1892
  • Joseph C. Blackburn, Centre College, 1857 – senator from Kentucky, 1885–1906
  • Mike Braun, Wabash College, 1976 – senator from Indiana, 2019-present
  • James Broyhill, University of North Carolina, 1950 – senator from North Carolina, 1985–1991
  • Harry P. Cain, University of the South, 1929 – senator from Washington, 1946–1952
  • Thomas Connally, University of Texas, 1898 – senator from Texas, 1929–1952
  • Harry Darby, University of Illinois, 1917 – senator from Kansas, 1949–1950
  • Dennis DeConcini, University of Arizona, 1959 – senator from Arizona, 1977–1994
  • Duncan U. Fletcher, Vanderbilt University, 1880 – senator from Florida, 1909–36
  • Wyche Fowler, Davidson College, 1962 – senator from Georgia, 1987–1992
  • James Z. George, University of Mississippi – senator from Mississippi, 1881–1898
  • Thomas Hardwick, Mercer University, 1892 – senator from Georgia, 1913–1918
  • J. Bennett Johnston, Washington & Lee College, 1954 – senator from Louisiana, 1972–1997
  • Eugene D. Millikin, University of Colorado, 1913 – senator from Colorado, 1941–1956
  • Sherman Minton, Indiana University Senator from Indiana, 1935–1941
  • Sam Nunn, Georgia Tech 1960 – founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative; senator from Georgia, 1972–1997
  • James E. Risch, University of Idaho, 1965, 1968 – J.D.; senator from Idaho, 2008–present
  • Arthur Raymond Robinson, University of Chicago, 1913 – senator from Indiana, 1925–1934
  • Elbert Thomas, University of Utah, 1906 – senator from Utah, 1933–1950
  • John Elmer Thomas, DePauw University, 1900 – senator from Oklahoma, 1927–1950
  • Thomas R. Underwood, University of Kentucky, 1919 – Congressman from Indiana; senator from Indiana, 1951–1952
  • William F. Vilas, University of Wisconsin, 1858 – senator from Wisconsin, 1891–1896
  • Edward Cary Walthall, University of Mississippi – senator from Indiana, 1885–1894
  • Xenophon P. Wilfley, Washington University, 1899 – senator from Missouri, 1917–1918
  • Raymond E. Willis, Wabash College, 1896 – senator from Indiana, 1941–1956

Other

Literature
  • Ray Stannard Baker, Michigan State University, 1889 – biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Louis Bromfield, Columbia University, 1920 – Pulitzer Prize winner for Early Autumn
  • Po Bronson, Stanford, 1986 – writer
  • Eugene Field, Knox College, 1872 – poet, author of children's books
  • Walter Havighurst, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1923 – writer and professor
  • Don Herold, Indiana University, 1912 – humorist
  • James Michener, Swarthmore College, 1929 – Pulitzer Prize winner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
  • Dan Moldea, The University of Akron, 1973 – author, writer of organized crime and American politics books
  • Reynolds Price, Duke University, 1955 – writer, essayist
  • Edward K. Thompson, University of North Dakota, 1927 – managing editor of Life magazine
  • William Allen White, University of Kansas, 1890 – editor, writer, Pulitzer Prize winner

Media
Alumnus Bob Schieffer, former anchor of the CBS Evening News, 2005–2007
  • Earle C. Anthony, UC Berkeley, 1903 – pioneer broadcaster; founder of KFI
  • Gary Bender, Wichita State, 1962 – sports anchor
  • Elmer Davis, Franklin College, 1910 – director of the War Information Department in WWII; Peabody Award recipient
  • Willie Geist, Vanderbilt University, 1997 – NBC News personality, co-host of Morning Joe and Sunday Today with Willie Geist anchor[3]
  • Harry Kalas, University of Iowa, 1959 – sportscaster
  • Robert Kintner, University of Washington, 1944 – president of the ABC, 1950–56
  • William Harding Mayes, Vanderbilt University, 1881 – president of the Texas Press Association, 1889–90; president of the National Editorial Association, 1908; president of the Association of American Schools and Departments of Journalism, 1920–21
  • Byron Price, Wabash College, 1912 – director of Censorship in WWII; Pulitzer Prize recipient
  • Bob Prince, University of Pittsburgh, 1938 – sportscaster
  • Bob Schieffer, Texas Christian University, 1959 – CBS News anchor
  • Frank Stanton, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1937 – former president of CBS
  • Trey Wingo, Baylor, 1985 – ESPN anchor

Military

Medal of Honor and Victoria Cross recipients

Prominent military personnel
  • Jacob Ammen, Indiana University, 1830 – general, Union Army, Civil War
  • William Montague Browne, University of Georgia, 1843 – general, secretary of state, Confederate States of America
  • Arthur S. Champeny, Washburn University – brigadier general; only person in US history to receive the Distinguished Service Cross in three separate wars
  • John K. Davis, University of New Mexico, 1951 – assistant commandant, Marine Corps 1983–86
  • Louis R. de Steiguer, Ohio University, 1887 – admiral; commander in chief, Battle Fleet, US Fleet, 1927–1928
  • Julian J. Ewell, Duke University, 1936 – United States Army lieutenant general; Commander of Operation Speedy Express; commander of the 9th US Infantry Division
  • Robert L. Ghormley, University of Idaho, 1903 – commander of all forces during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII
  • Arthur F. Gorham, Miami University, circa 1932 (uninitiated, transferred to West Point) – lieutenant colonel; commander, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily; twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
  • Leonard D. Heaton, Denison College, 1923 – US major general Surgeon General
  • Charles Horner, University of Iowa, 1958 – commander of NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command; Commander of Allied Air Force for Desert Storm
  • Edgar Jadwin, Lafayette College, 1888 – lieutenant general, chief of engineers 1926–1929
  • David E. Jeremiah, University of Oregon, 1955 – admiral, acting chairman Joint Chief of Staffs, October 1993
  • Edward P. King, University of Georgia, 1903 – major general, commanding officer, Bataan, World War II
  • Eli Long, Indiana University, 1855 – major general, Union Army, Civil War
  • John S. McCain, Sr., University of Mississippi, 1905 – vice admiral and commander of all land-based naval aircraft in the South Pacific, World War II
  • Scott O'Grady, University of Washington, 1988 – USAF captain shot down over Bosnia, rescued six days later
  • Edwin D. Patrick, Indiana University, 1916 – major general, commander of the 6th Infantry Division in WWII
  • Bernard W. Rogers, Kansas State University, 1943 – general, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO
  • Leroy W. Stutz, Washburn University, 1960 – Air Force colonel; spent 2,284 days as a prisoner of war during Vietnam
  • Robert Taplett, University of South Dakota, 1940 – Navy Cross recipient, Korean War

Nobel Prize winners
  • Adam G. Riess, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992 – Physics, 2011

Religion

Sports
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References
  1. Fraternity, Phi Delta Theta (13 September 2018). "The Catalogue of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity". R.L. Polk – via Google Books.
  2. "Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. November 17, 1984. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Willie Geist". Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  • Collett, Ritter (1998). In the Bond: Phi Delta Theta at 150. Landfall Press
  • Havighurst, Walter E. (1975). From Six at First: A History of Phi Delta Theta 1848–1973. George Banta Company, Inc.
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