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

• Allen Beach, Union 1849, Lt. Governor of New York, Secretary of State of New York
• John C. Nicholls, William and Mary 1853, Georgia (Rep.)
• William D. Bloxham, William and Mary 1854, Governor of Florida
• Clement Hall Sinnickson, Union 1855, New Jersey (Rep.)
• Frederick George Bromberg, Harvard 1858, Alabama (Rep.)
• John Hay, Brown 1858, Abraham Lincoln's secretary, Secretary of State
• Henry J. Spooner, Brown 1860, Rhode Island (Rep.)
• William W. Thomas, Jr., Bowdoin 1860, US Minister (Ambassador) to Norway and Sweden
• Henry R. Gibson, Hobart 1862, Tennessee (Rep.)
• Daniel N. Lockwood, Union 1865, New York (Rep.)
• John Bayard McPherson, Princeton 1866, Judge, US Court of Appeals
• Hosea M. Knowlton, Tufts 1867, Chief Prosecutor in Lizzie Borden case, Attorney General of Massachusetts ^[2]
• John W. Griggs, Lafayette 1868, Governor of New Jersey, Attorney General
• Nathan F. Dixon, III, Brown 1869, US Senator from Rhode Island
• John Bellamy, Virginia 1875, Senator North Carolina
• Walter R. Stiness, Brown 1877, Rhode Island (Rep.)
• James McLachlan, Hamilton 1878, California (Rep.)
• Thomas B. Kyle, Dartmouth 1880, Ohio (Rep.)
• Frederick C. Stevens, Bowdoin 1881, Minnesota (Rep.)
• Daniel J. McGillicuddy, Bowdoin 1881, Maine (Rep.)
• John A. Dix, Cornell 1883, Governor of New York
• Gonzalo de Quesada, CCNY 1888, architect of Cuban Independence Movement (statue at Havana Park)

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

• George W. Smith, Hobart 1857, President of Trinity College (Connecticut)
• Elmer H. Capen, Tufts 1860, President of Tufts University
• William Leslie Hooper, Tufts 1877, Acting President of Tufts University ^[6]
• Albert W. Smith, Cornell 1878, Dean of Cornell Law School
• Frederick W. Hamilton, Tufts 1880, President of Tufts University ^[6]
• Ernest W. Huffcut, Cornell 1884, Dean of Cornell Law School, Legal Advisor to New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes
• Frederick C. Ferry, Williams 1891, President of Hamilton College
• Alexander Meiklejohn, Brown 1893, President of Amherst College
• Guy S. Ford, Wisconsin 1895, President of University of Minnesota, Phi Beta Kappa
• Hollis Godfrey, Tufts 1895, President of Drexel University
• Samuel P. Capen, Tufts 1898, President of the University of Buffalo
• Frank E. Compton, Wisconsin 1898, Creator of Compton's Encyclopedia
• Winfred F. Smiter, Bowdoin 1899, President of Johns Hopkins University
• Edmund Ezra Day, Dartmouth 1905, President of Cornell University
• Chauncey S. Boucher, Michigan 1909, President of University of West Virginia/Chancellor of the University of Nebraska
• Robert E. Doherty, Illinois 1909, President of Carnegie Mellon University
• Erwin Schell, MIT 1912, Dean of MIT Department of Business and Engineering
• John H. Williams, Brown 1912, First Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration (now Kennedy School of Government)
• Leonard Carmichael, Tufts 1921, President of Tufts University, Secretary of Smithsonian
• Alvin D. Chandler, William and Mary 1922, President of College of William and Mary
• Francis H. Horn, Dartmouth 1930, President of the University of Rhode Island
• Norman Topping, Washington 1930, Chancellor of the University of Southern California
• Robert V. Schnabel, Bowdoin 1944, President of Valparaíso University
• Julian Gibbs, Amherst 1946, President of Amherst College
• W. Lawrence Gulick, Hamilton 1952, President of Saint Lawrence University
• Richard M. Freeland, Amherst 1963, President of Northeastern University
• Kenneth Greene, Tufts 1965, Interim Provost of Farleigh Dickinson University, College at Florham

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

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 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, Botantist, 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
• 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

Clergy

• Rt. Rev. John H. D. Wingfield, William and Mary 1853, Bishop of North Carolina
• Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph, William and Mary 1855, Bishop of Virginia
• Henry Christopher McCook, Washington and Jefferson 1859, Presbyterian clergyman, naturalist, and prolific author on religion, history, and nature
• David Gregg, Washington and Jefferson 1865, Presbyterian clergyman, pastor of Park Street Church
• Rev. Franklin Clark Fry, Hamilton 1921, President of the Lutheran Church of America
• Rt. Rev. Robert C. Rusack, Hobart 1947, Bishop of Los Angeles

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.
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.