Prominent
Chi Psi Brothers

MILITARY / POLITICAL LEADERS

Prince Albert of Monaco, Chi '79 (Amherst) - Member of the royal family (Rainier) of Monaco; Olympic Athlete (bobsled).

Nicholas F. Brady, Kappa Delta '52 (Yale) - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (September 1988 to January 1993); former Senator from New Jersey.

Arne H. Carlson, Theta '57 (Williams) - Elected governor of Minnesota in 1990; re-elected in 1994 by the largest margin in the state's history. Lifted the state out of an inherited $2 billion deficit.

Orville L. Freeman, Rho '69 (Rutgers) - Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former Governor of Minnesota.

Roswell L. Gilpatric, Kappa Delta '28 (Yale) - Former Undersecretary of Defense.

Henry John Heinz III, Kappa Delta '60 (Yale) - U.S. House of Representatives (1971-1976), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (l976-1991); persistent defender of rights of the elderly and the steel industry; great grandson of founder of H.J. Heinz food company.

Richard Helms, Theta '35 (Williams) - Director of CIA (1966-73); heavily involved with the Vietnam War, Laos, plot to kill Castro, Bay of Pigs, overthrow of Arbenz government in Guatemala; testified at Watergate Senate Hearings.

Richard D. Lamm, Iota '57 (Wisconsin) - Governor of Colorado (1974-87, longest in Colorado history); since 1987 has been professor at Dartmouth, U. of Denver, U. of New Orleans in Innsbruck, Austria and partner of a Colorado law firm.

E. William Proxmire, Kappa Delta '38 (Yale) - U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1957-88); His re-election in 1970 made him the 1st senator in Wisconsin's history to carry all 72 counties; Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committees.

William Scranton, Kappa Delta '39 (Yale) - Governor of Pennsylvania (1963-67); Ambassador to the United Nations & special advisor to President Gerald Ford.

Thomas H. Tongue, Eta Delta '34 (Oregon) - Justice, Oregon State Supreme Court.

Admiral Stansfield Turner, Chi '45 (Amherst) - Distinguished career in the U.S. Navy, where he served as Chief of Naval Operations; Director of the C.I.A. under President Carter.

Rear Admiral Peter A. Bondi, Sigma '63 (North Carolina) - Served a long tour as assistant chief of staff for supply and logistics for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. In that role, he was selected to represent the United States Navy in the highly sensitive negotiations with the Philippine government over the withdrawal of U.S. Navy forces and the turnover of the Subic Bay Naval Station to that nation. As a LCDR, he was the last American naval officer to leave Vietnam as Communist forces overran Saigon.

William M. Collier, Phi 1889 (Hamilton) - Minister to Spain (1905-09), Ambassador to Chile (1921-28); President of George Washington University (1918-21)

Melville W. Fuller, Eta 1853 (Bowdoin) - Chief Justice of theU.S. Supreme Court (1888-1910)

Thomas B. Reed, Eta 1869 (Bowdoin) - Speaker of theU.S. House of Representatives (1889–1891 and 1895–1899)

ENTERTAINMENT / SPORTS

Edward Albert, Nu '31 (Minnesota) - Actor ("Green Acres" & numerous movies including the "Longest Yard").

Diehard H. Askin, Jr., Rho '69 (Rutgers) - President of Samuel Goldwyn Television, Los Angeles, CA.

Frank Beede, Delta Delta '95 (Berkeley) - Former starting Guard for the Seattle Seahawks.

Wllliam S. (Bill) Belichick, Alpha '75 (Wesleyan) - Former head coach of Cleveland Browns; assistant with the Baltimore Colts, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, New York Giants, New York Jets, and the New England Patriots. Brother Belichick is now coach, of the New England Patriots, with whom he has won three Super Bowls.

Furman Bisher, Sigma '38 (North Carolina) - Sports Editor for the Atlanta Journal.

Buzz Calkins, Psi Delta '93 (Colorado) - Race driver; co-champion of the inaugural season of the Indy Racing League.

Russell R. Francis, Eta Delta '75 (Oregon) - Professional football player; All Pac 8, drafted 1st round, tight end for New England Patriots (1975-1980, 88) & the San Francisco 49ers (82-87), three pro bowls.

John Gavin, Gamma Delta '52 (Stanford) - Ambassador to Mexico (1981-86); actor ("Psycho", "Destry"), former President of the Screen Actors Guild.

Waite Hoyt, Mu '22 (Middlebury) - Professional baseball player; pitcher for New York Yankees (237-182, 6-4 in World Series, 1.83 ERA); member of Hall of Fame (1969), broadcaster for Cincinnati Reds (1942-65).

Roy Jones, Alpha Delta '93 (Georgia) - "Buckshot" Jones is a NASCAR race driver.

Gerald P. Mathers, Delta Delta '72 (Berkeley) - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver").

Hugh McElhenny, Theta Delta '52 (Washington) - Professional football player; All American running back (1951); Rookie of the year (1952); All-NFL (1952-53); played for San Francisco 49ers (1952-60), Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, and Detroit Lions; member of College & Professional Football Halls of Fame.

Victor E. Seixas, Jr., Sigma '45 (North Carolina) - Former Davis Cup tennis star; winner of Wimbledon in 1953 and the US Open in 1954.

Larry Stith, Sigma 2001 (North Carolina - Sigma pledge in 1951 and Sigma initiate in 2001) - Musician, director, and actor. He has performed with Jack Benny, Andy Griffith, Jane Morgan, Ray Charles, Perry Como, Jayne Mansfield, and many others.

Jeffrey A. Torborg, Rho '63 (Rutgers) - Professional baseball player (catcher); holds NCAA batting average record (.537); L.A. Dodgers & California Angels (1964-73); managed Cleveland Indians (1977-79); coached N.Y. Yankees (l979-88); managed Chicago White Sox, N.Y. Mets (1989-93).

Robert D. Webster, Epsilon '60 (Michigan) - Two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner for platform diving (l960,1964).

Van Earl Wright, Beta '84 (South Carolina) - Well-known sportscaster; has worked for Cable News Network (CNN); WDIV-TV in Detroit, Michigan, where he was Sportscaster of the Year in 1993; and Fox Sports Net, where he anchors the National Sports Report.

AUTHORS / PUBLISHERS / ARTISTS / WEB

Stephen E. Ambrose, Iota '57 (Wisconsin) - Official biographer of Presidents Eisenhower & Nixon; Director of Eisenhower Center at U. of New Orleans; author of numerous historical texts including Rise to Globalism, Nixon: Ruin & Recovery, Eisenhower: Soldier & President, Pegasus Bridge, and Band of Brothers. Recent best sellers are Undaunted Courage, Citizen Soldiers, and Nothing Like It In The World.

Franklin Taylor Branch, Sigma '68 (North Carolina) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of Parting of the Waters (1988) and Pillars of Fire (1998), the second volume in his America in the King Years trilogy, MacArthur Fellow.
David Gardner, Sigma '88 (North Carolina) - In 1994, along with his brother Tom, Dave started an internet site on AOL that featured their own unique outlook on money and investing. Dissatisfied with the traditional, full-service approach used by brokers and financial advisors, they figured that people wanted to control their own financial destiny. The Motley Fool Web site has since become the #1 internet site for financial news and conversation: www.fool.com

Henry Luce III, Kappa Delta '45 (Yale) - Publisher, Time Magazine.

William S. McFeely, Chi '52 (Amherst) - Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Ulysses S. Grant; Professor of History at University of Georgia.

Kenneth Roberts, Psi '08 (Cornell) - Popular historical novelist; author of 26 books including Northwest Passage (1937).

Ed Starnes, Sigma '54 (North Carolina) - Artist, commissioned by the White House Historical Association to contribute to the White House 2001 Calendar.

Richard P. Wilbur, Chi '42 (Amherst) - Second Poet Laureate of the United States (1987-1988, following Robert Penn Warren), two time Pulitzer Prize winner for Things of this World (1956) and New & Collected Poems (1989).

Ian Williams, Sigma '90 (North Carolina) - Co-author of 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?.

FINANCIAL LEADERS / INDUSTRIALISTS

John Wendell Anderson, Psi 1889 (Cornell), Epsilon 1890 (Michigan) - Early backer of Henry Ford; attorney for Ford Motor Co.(1890-1935); endowed professorships at Cornell & Michigan.

J. Truman Bidwell, Beta Delta '25 (Lehigh) - Stockbroker; Past President of the New York Stock Exchange.

Kellogg Birdseye, Chi '02 (Amherst),
Henry U. Birdseye, Chi '04 (Amherst),
Clarence Birdseye, Chi '10 (Amherst) -
A former Naturalist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clarence Birdseye is known to the food industry as the inventor of frozen foods.

Temple Hoyne Buell, Zeta Delta '16 (Illlnois) - Designed the first ever shopping mall (Cherry Creek opened in 1953 in Denver, Colorado). Designed more than 300 Colorado & Wyoming buildings.

Owen R. Cheatham, Omicron '61 (Virginia) - Founder and Chairman of the Board of Georgia Pacific Corporation.

Robert A. Dearth, Alpha '66 (Wesleyan) - Former Vice-President Diversified-Fresh Operations, Chiquita Brands International; Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Circle K Corporation.

Peter H. Dailey, Lambda Delta '53 (UCLA) - CEO & founder of Dailey International Advertising; Chairman of Eniskerry Financial; Ambassador to Ireland (1982-83); served on Reagan's General Advisory Commission on Arms Control & Disarmament (1985-88).

William F. Farley, Eta '64 (Bowdoin) - Chairman & owner of Farley Industries -- includes Union Underwear, Fruit of the Loom, Acme Boot, Doehler-Jarvis (world's largest producer of die-cast parts), Farley Umbrella; part owner of Chicago White Sox; Trustee of Bowdoin College.

Carleton Arthur Holstrom, Iota '57 (Wisconsin) - Retired Chief Financial Officer of Bear Stearns & Co.; donated Holstrom Gallery at Rutgers; former President of Chi Psi (1990-1992).

Richard H. Jenrette, Sigma '51 (North Carolina) - Served as Chairman of the Board of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. from 1974 to 1996, having been a founder of the firm in 1959. He is also the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Equitable Companies Incorporated, parent company of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr., Psi '22 (Cornell) - President of S.C. Johnson & Son (named for his father); Art museum at Cornell named in his honor.

Samuel Curtis Johnson, Psi '50 (Cornell) - Chairman and owner of S.C. Johnson & Co. (2nd largest privately owned corporation in the U.S.).

Dr. Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr., Psi '79 (Cornell) - Holds 3 masters degrees and a Ph.D.; President of S.C. Johnson of Canada.

Wallace E. Johnson, Gamma '23 (Mississippi) - Co-founder of Holiday Inn Hotels.

Edgar F. Kaiser, Delta Delta '30 (Berkeley) - President and CEO of Kaiser Industries.

Charles Luckman, Zeta Delta '31 (Illinois) - President of Lever Brothers Soap Co. until 1951; then began career as architect; author of Twice in a Lifetime: From Soap to Skyscrapers; served as advisor to 8 presidents; directed more than 60 civic organizations.

Edmund C. Lynch, Jr., Kappa Delta '48 (Yale) - Former owner of Safeway Stores; Vice President of Merrill Lynch; son of co-founder of Merrill Lynch.

Paul Mellon, Kappa Delta '29 (Yale) - Executive with Mellon National Bank founded by his father;Chairman of the National Gallery of Art (1938-85), premier art benefactor in the U.S.; son of Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Coolidge and Hoover.

Charles Edward Merrill, Chi '08 (Amherst) - Founder of Merrill Lynch. Named by Life Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th Century. Former President of Chi Psi.

Frederick August Pabst, Iota '22 (Wisconsin), Rudolph Pabst, Iota '23, August Uihlein Pabst, Iota '24, Robert Erwln Pabst, Iota '27 - Members of the Pabst Brewery family.

Joseph N. Pew, Jr., Psi '08 (Cornell) - Chairman of the board of Sun Oil, pioneer in shipbuilding and oil refinement; benefactor for the Pew Charitable Trusts; both of his sons joined Chi Psi at Cornell.

John Sargent Pillsbury, Nu '00 (Minnesota) - Chairman of the Board of Pillsbury Flour Mills (1932-52), leader in civic affairs (Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Institute of Arts), member of founding family of Pillsbury along with his twin brother Charles S. Pillsbury, also Nu '00.

Donald C. Slichter, Iota '22 (Wisconsin) - Former President and Chairman of the Board of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Lee Thompson, Psi Delta '57 (Colorado) - Chairman of the Board of Smith Corona Corp.

Daniel A Tompkins, Beta 1869 (South Carolina) - An author, engineer, financier, and a newspaper publisher in the South during Reconstruction, Brother Tompkins owned and operated the Charlotte (NC) Observer from 1892 until his death in 1914. He is credited with turning a common waste product - cotton seeds - into the, multi-million dollar, cotton seed oil industry. Following him into the Bonds of Brotherhood were his brother, Arthur Smyly Tompkins, Sr., Beta 1871, his brother-in-law, Ellis Garland Graydon, Beta 1872, and his nephew, George Monroe Black, III, Beta 1970.

Robert A Uihlien, Jr., Iota '41 (Wisconsin) - President, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.

Kemmons Wilson, Jr., Gamma '35 (Mississippi) - Co-founder of Holiday Inn Hotels.

OTHERS

Egbert Phelps, Pi 1856 (Union) - Brother Phelps is credited as Assistant Founder of Theta Chi Fraternity at Norwich University, Norwich Vermont and is the designer of the Theta Chi Badge.