List of Theta Delta Chi brothers

This is a list of prominent members of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Names are listed followed by the school attended and the graduation year.[1]

Arts
  • John Brougham, New York Graduate 1857, 19th century actor, dramatist, and orator
  • Fitz James O'Brien, New York Graduate 1857, New York Literary Bohemian, science fiction pioneer
  • Robert Frost, Dartmouth 1896, four time Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Robert Frost, Dartmouth 1896.
  • Alexander Woollcott, Hamilton 1896, drama critic NY Times, Herald-Tribune, Sun.
  • Norman H. Hackett, Michigan 1898, actor
  • Bellamy Partridge, Hobart 1900, author of County Lawyer
  • Donald Parson, Harvard 1905, author Portraits of Keats Grass Flowers
  • Stanton Griffis, Cornell 1910, former Chairman of Board of Paramount Pictures and Madison Square Garden
  • Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Dartmouth 1915, film producer Paramount and MGM
  • Eric Johnston, Washington 1917, President of US Chamber of Commerce, Motion Picture Association of America
  • Pat Ballard, Penn 1922, composer of the #1 song of 1954 "Mr. Sandman"
  • Frank Thomas, Stanford 1933, Thumpers (Bambi) creator
  • John Dunning, UCLA 1939, film editor, Oscar winner for Ben Hur
  • Tad Mosel, Amherst 1944, Pulitzer Prize for All the Way Home
  • Gardner McKay, Cornell 1953, actor, drama critic
  • John Nichols, Hamilton 1962, author The Milagro Bean Field War The Sterile Cuckoo
  • Joseph J. Ellis, William and Mary 1965, author Founding Brothers, American Sphinx, His Excellency
  • James Woods, MIT 1969, actor
  • Kary Antholis, Bowdoin 1984, documentary producer
  • William H. Joyner, William and Mary 1984, opera singer
  • Chip Esten, William and Mary 1987, actor/comedian, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  • Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tufts 1996, actor from Heroes

Medicine
  • Frank Lahey, Harvard 1904, Founder of Boston's Lahey Clinic
  • Oliver Beahrs, Berkeley 1937, Head Surgery at the Mayo Clinic
  • Park Dietz, Cornell 1970, Renowned Forensic Psychologist

Public life
Jerry Lewis, UCLA '56, US House of Rep. for California.
  • John H. Bartlett, Dartmouth 1894, Governor of New Hampshire
  • Joseph Irwin France, Hamilton 1895, US Senator from Maryland
  • Rollin B. Sanford, Tufts 1897, New York (Rep.)
  • James A. Hamilton, Rochester 1898, New York Secretary of State [3]
  • Harlan W. Rippey, Rochester 1898, US District Court Judge/New York Court of Appeal Judge
  • Earle S. Warner, Hobart 1902, New York Supreme Court Justice
  • Arthur W. Coolidge, Tufts 1903, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
  • William F. Love, Rochester 1903, New York Supreme Court Justice
  • Frank Henry Buck, Berkeley 1907, California (Dem.)
  • Hans Schoenfeld, George Washington 1907, US Minister to Finland
  • Maurice E. Crumpacker, Michigan 1909, Oregon (Rep.)
  • Allen J. Furlow, Michigan 1916, Minnesota (Rep.)
  • Eric Johnston, Washington 1917, US Chamber of Commerce President
  • Irving M. Ives, Hamilton 1919, Senator New York
  • Arthur Kelly, Toronto 1920, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
  • Louis P. Beaubien, McGill 1925, Senator of Canada from Quebec
  • Lane Dwinell, Dartmouth 1928, Governor of New Hampshire
  • Herman T. Schneebeli, Dartmouth 1930, Pennsylvania (Rep.)
  • Philleo Nash, Wisconsin 1932, Presidential Adviser for Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, led integration of US Armed Forces [4]
  • Henry P. Smith, Dartmouth 1933, New York (Rep.)
Michael Powell, William and Mary '85, Former Chairman of the FCC.
  • John W. Tuthill, William and Mary 1932, Ambassador to Brazil
  • Alvin M. Bentley, Michigan 1940, Michigan (Rep.)
  • John W. Brook, Toronto 1946, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
  • Donald R. Steele, Toronto 1946, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
  • Richard Holland, Toronto 1947, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
  • Edward Saunders, Toronto 1949, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
  • Robert L. Leggett, Berkeley 1948, California (Rep.)
  • Thomas R. Pickering, Bowdoin 1953, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Jerry Lewis, UCLA 1956, California (Rep.)
  • Wesley C. Uhlman, Washington 1956, Mayor of Seattle
  • Hugh Rodham, Penn State 1972, Public Defender and Brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton[5]
  • Bruce Rauner, Dartmouth 1978, Governor of Illinois
  • Michael K. Powell, William and Mary 1985, Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission

Education

Scholarship
  • William Leete Stone, Jr., Brown 1858, historian
  • Stephen M. Babcock, Tufts 1886, inventor of the Babcock Centrifuge (butterfat testing)
  • Henry Crampton, CCNY 1893, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
  • Herbert E. Bolton, Wisconsin 1895, President of the American Historical Association
  • Carlos Baker, Dartmouth 1932, Hemingway biographer, scholar of Princeton University
Donald B. MacMillan, Bowdoin 1897, Arctic Explorer.
  • Lester C. Thurow, Williams 1960, Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management
  • William A. McClung, Williams 1966, literary and architectural historian
  • C. Evan Stewart, Cornell 1974, Cornell Board of Trustees, Chair of Cornell University Council, Lawyer in New York, historian
  • Michael K. Powell, William and Mary 1985, Rector of The College of William and Mary 2006

Military
  • William Lamb, William and Mary 1853, Civil War "Hero of Fort Fisher"
  • Henry Goddard Thomas, Bowdoin 1858, Brigadier General U.S. Army first regular officer to command United States Colored Troops
  • Benjamin P. Lamberton, Dickinson 1862, Admiral U.S. Navy
  • Eben Swift, Dickinson 1874, Major General U.S. Army
  • Arthur Japy Hepburn, Dickinson 1896, Admiral Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet
  • Donald B. MacMillan, Bowdoin 1897, Arctic explorer, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.
  • Raymond W. Bliss, Tufts 1910, former Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
  • Silas B. Hays, Iowa State 1924, former Surgeon General of the United States Army
  • Robert W. Manss, Michigan 1930, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force
  • Robert Lee Scott, Jr., Arizona State 1932, U.S. General
  • Rudolf F. Peksens, Tufts 1966, Brigadier General U.S. Air Force
  • Derek Filipe, The George Washington University 2003, Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Marine Corps

Architecture
  • John William Merrow, Dartmouth 1897
  • Raymond M. Hood, Brown 1902, Rockefeller Center and Chicago Tribune

Business
  • Howard Melville Hanna, Union 1859, President of M.A. Hanna Co. and Globe Iron Works
  • Edward Oziel Graves, Hobart 1864, Chief of US Bureau of Engraving, Founder/President of Washington Mutual
  • James R. Mellon, Washington and Jefferson 1865, President of Ligonier Valley Railroad
  • Frank Anderson Merrick, Lehigh 1891, President of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
  • Eugene Grace, Lehigh 1899, Chairman of the Board of Bethlehem Steel
  • J. Frank Drake, Dartmouth 1902, Chairman of the Board of Gulf Oil Corporation
  • Harvey Dow Gibson, Bowdoin 1902, President of the Manufacturers Trust Co
  • Stanton Griffs, Cornell 1910, Chairman of the Board of Madison Square Garden
  • Willard H. Dow, Williams 1919, President of Dow Chemical Corporation
  • Leo D. Welch, Rochester 1919, Chairman of the Board of Standard Oil
  • Myford Irvine, Stanford 1921, landholder in California, City of Irvine named after him
  • George L. Smith, Columbia 1925, President of Kinney Shoe Company
  • Dwight Follett, Illinois 1925, President of Follett Corporation
  • William H. Elliot, William and Mary 1928, President of Border Corporation
  • Charles C. Tillinghast Jr., Brown 1932, President of TWA, Chancellor of Brown University
  • Karl J. Neer, Illinois 1933, President of Neer Oil Company
  • James W. Kerr, Toronto 1937, President of TransCanada Pipelines
  • William Edwards, Michigan 1939, President of Hilton Hotels
  • Edwin A. Gee, George Washington 1941, CEO International Paper
  • Charles K. Fletcher, Jr., Stanford 1950, Chairman of the Home Federal Saving Assoc
  • Mark H. McCormack, William and Mary 1950, CEO International Management Group
  • William J. Henry, William and Mary 1963, President Time Life Books, Inc.
  • Peter F. Volanakis, Dartmouth 1977, President and COO of Corning Incorporated
  • John Antonelli, Rochester 1980, Director of Operations of Starbucks
  • Jack D. Furst, Arizona State 1981, Partner of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc.
  • Michael R. Burns, Arizona State 1980, Vice Chairman of Lionsgate
  • Steve Rendle, Washington 1982, President and CEO of VF_Corporation
  • Michael J. Saylor, MIT 1987, Founder MicroStrategy
  • Michael C. McPhee, VCU 1989, Executive, Technologist & Real Estate Mogul
  • Tom First, Brown 1989, Co-founder of Nantucket Nectars
  • Tom Scott, Brown 1989, Co-founder of Nantucket Nectars
  • Fernando Poma, Cornell 1994, Managing Director of Real Hotels & Resorts

Engineering & Science
  • Alexander Lyman Holley, Brown 1853, Bessemer Steel, statue in Washington Square, NYC
  • Frederick Vernon Coville, Cornell 1887, Botanist, Founder of the United States National Arboretum
  • William Henry Brewer, Yale 1889, Botanist, Chair of Agriculture at Yale
  • Charles Hook Tompkins, George Washington 1906, Founder of Charles H. Tompkins Construction Company
  • Dan Geer, MIT 1972, computer security specialist
  • Frank Anthony Gulla, MIT 1974, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
  • Peter Diamandis, MIT 1983, space flight entrepreneur
  • Jonathan Goldstick, MIT 1980, marine engineer - CH2M Hill

Sport
  • Edward Marsh, Lehigh 1894, gold medalist 1900 Olympics – rowing
  • William Wilson Talcott, Michigan 1901, Quarterback of team inspiring "The Victors"
  • Harold A. Fisher, CCNY 1902, College Basketball Hall of Fame Member, author of first college basketball rules
  • Edward Lindberg, Tufts 1909, gold and bronze medalist at the 1912 Olympics - track
  • Wally Snell, Brown 1913, player Boston Red Sox
  • Clarence P. Houston, Tufts 1914, President of NCAA
  • Leon Tuck, Dartmouth 1915, silver medalist 1920 Olympics – hockey
  • Stanley Lomax, Cornell 1923, radio sports broadcaster
  • Jackson Keefer, Brown 1925, All-American 1924, 1925, early NFL player Providence Steam Roller 1926, Dayton Triangles 1928
  • Walter Francis O'Malley, Pennsylvania 1926, owner of Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
  • William F. McAfee, Jr., Michigan 1929, player Chicago White Sox
  • John W. Allyn, Lafayette 1939, owner of Chicago White Sox
  • Donald Canham, Michigan 1941, University of Michigan Athletic Director
  • Harry Dalton, Amherst 1950, Executive VP Milwaukee Brewers
  • William P. Ficker, Berkeley 1950, Winner of America's Cup Race
  • Benjamin L. Abruzzo, Illinois 1952, Crewmember of "Double Eagle II" (first trans-Atlantic balloon flight)
  • Mark Donohue, Brown 1959, Indianapolis 500 Winner
  • Darrin Nelson, Stanford 1981, Stanford All-American, player Minnesota Vikings
  • Jeffrey L. Ballard, Stanford 1982, baseball player for Baltimore Orioles
  • Chuck Muncie, Berkeley 1975, player New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers
  • James Lofton, Stanford 1978, NFL wide receiver, 2004 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Garin Veris, Stanford 1985, player New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers
  • John Brody, Tufts 1995, Major League Baseball Senior VP of Corporate Sales and Marketing
  • Sean Morey, Brown 1999, player New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals 1999–present
  • Chas Gessner, Brown 2003, player New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2003–present
  • Nick Thompson, Wisconsin 2004, MMA fighter, Bodog Fight, UFC, EliteXC
  • Zak DeOssie, Brown 2007, player 2007 4th round draft pick New York Giants

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References
  1. Unless otherwise cited, the referenced alumni can be found in: Ed. McCready, Adam (2004). The Theta Delta Chi Membership Handbook. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge Offset Printing.
  2. Maxwell, W. J (1900). Greek Letter Men of Boston. College Bk. Co.
  3. "Theta Delta Chi Political Members". 2008.
  4. "Philleo Nash (1909–1987)". 1988. JSTOR 680770. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "The Pillars of Prospect: Sigma Phi Sigma/Theta Delta Chi Alumni Association" (PDF). May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  6. Chi, Theta Delta (1911). Sixth Catalogue of ΘΔΧ. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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