List of Chi Phi members

The list of Chi Phi brothers includes initiated members of Chi Phi.

Notable alumni

Notable members are listed by name and chapter.

Business

Railroads (7)

• Samuel Morse Felton, Jr. - World War I BGEN and President of Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 to 1929 - MIT 1873
• Warren Grice Elliott - President of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1902 to 1906 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1867
• William W. Atterbury - World War I BGEN and President of Pennsylvania Railroad 1925 to 1935 - Yale University 1886

Other Businesses (23)

• Alfred C. Warrington - Founding Chairman and Co-CEO of Sanifill, Inc. - University of Florida 1958
• 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. - Grandson of Henry W. Grady and President of the World Bank 1949 to 1963 - University of Georgia 1917
• Herman C. Krannert - Founder, Chairman & 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
• John Lyon Collyer - President & Chairman of B.F. Goodrich 1939 to 1960 - Cornell University 1917
• Richard G. Newman - Chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation - Bucknell University 1956

Chancellors & Presidents of Institutions of Higher Education (19)

• Archibald Alexander - President of Hampden-Sydney College - Princeton University 1824
• David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr. - Chancellor, 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, 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, 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, Space and Technology (9)

• Brewster Kahle - Inventor of WAIS and Founder of the Internet Archive - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1982
• George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. - Inventor of the Ferris wheel - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1881
• Frank and Kenneth Osborn - Stadium Architects and Engineers that designed famous parks such as Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium and Tiger Stadium in Detroit as well as college facilities for Michigan, Purdue, West Point and Notre Dame - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1880 & 1908
• Jesse W. Reno - Inventor of the escalator - Lehigh University 1883
• T. Keith Glennan - First Director of NASA 1958 to 1961 - Yale University 1927

Entertainment, Broadcast, and Written Media (10)

• Andy Brick - Composer, conductor, symphonist and professor - University of Michigan 1987
• Billy Lane - Author, television personality and Owner of Choppers, Inc. - Florida State University 1992
• Chris Hardwick - G4 Web Soup, Host of Talking Dead on AMC Host, actor, television personality, and comedian - University of California-Los Angeles 1993
• Dan Bakkedahl - Improvisor, actor and teacher - Florida State University 1992
• Henry W. Grady - Journalist, Orator and Spokesman for the New South - University of Georgia 1868
• Mark Ordesky - Founder, Court Five and 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
• Walter Cronkite - Anchorman of CBS News 1962 to 1981, "Most Trusted Man in America" and namesake of Chi Phi's Walter Cronkite Congressional Award - University of Texas at Austin 1937
• Mark Gaignard - Musician (vocals),Big Sky, rock band from Gainesville, Florida 1993

Government

State Governors & Lt. Governors (12)

• Carl Sanders - Governor, Georgia 1963 to 1967 - University of Georgia 1945
• Charles S. Robb - Lt. Governor, Virginia 1978 to 1982; Governor, Virginia 1982 to 1986; U.S. Senator, Virginia 1989 to 2001 - Cornell University, University of Wisconsin–Madison 1961
• Dolph Briscoe - Governor, Texas 1973 to 1979 - University of Texas at Austin 1942
• Hiram W. Johnson - Governor, California 1911 to 1917; U.S. Senator, California 1917 to 1945 - University of California 1888
• Hugh L. Nichols - Lt. Governor, Ohio 1911 to 1913 and Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio 1913 to 1920 - Ohio Wesleyan University 1888
• John Marshall Slaton - Governor, Georgia 1911 to 1912 and 1914 to 1915 - University of Georgia 1886
• Joseph Mackey Brown - Governor, Georgia 1909 to 1911 and 1912 to 1914 - Oglethorpe University 1872
• Lewis H. Sweetser - Lt. Governor, Idaho 1909 to 1913 - University of California 1889
• Nathaniel E. Harris - Governor, Georgia 1915 to 1917 - University of Georgia 1870
• Wilfred D. Turner - Lt. Governor, North Carolina 1901 to 1905 - Duke University 1876
• William D. Jelks - Governor, Alabama 1900 to 1907 - Mercer University 1876
• Vernon W. Thomson - Governor, Wisconsin 1957 to 1959; U.S. Congressman, Wisconsin 1961 to 1974 - University of Wisconsin–Madison

U.S. Senators (6)

• Charles S. Robb - see State Governors & Lt. Governors
• Hiram W. Johnson - see State Governors & Lt. Governors
• 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
• Richard R. Kenney - U.S. Senator, Delaware 1895 to 1900 - Hobart College 1878
• 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 (19)

• Arthur Granville Dewalt - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1915 to 1921 - Lafayette College 1874
• Clay Stone Briggs - U.S. Congressman, Texas 1919 to 1933 - University of Texas at Austin
• Emory Speer - U.S. Congressman, Georgia 1879 to 1883 - University of Georgia 1869
• George B. Churchill - U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts 1925 - Amherst College 1889
• Henry Alexander Baldwin - U.S. Congressman, Hawaii 1921 to 1923 - MIT 1894
• Henry Stockbridge, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Maryland 1889 to 1891 - Amherst College 1877
• Jackson B. Chase - U.S. Congressman, Nebraska 1955 to 1957 - University of Nebraska 1912
• J. Edwin Ellerbe - U.S. Congressman, South Carolina 1905 to 1913 - Wofford College 1887
• John Humphrey Small - U.S. Congressman, North Carolina 1899 to 1920 - Duke University 1876
• Marcus C.L. Kline - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1903 to 1907 - Muhlenberg College 1874
• R. Walton Moore - U.S. Congressman, Virginia 1919 to 1931, Asst. Sec. of State and member of the F.D. Roosevelt Administration 1933 to 1941 - University of Virginia 1877
• Thomas Wharton Phillips, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1923 to 1926 - Yale University 1897
• Vernon W. Thomson - see State Governors & Lt. Governors
• William Edwin Minshall, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Ohio 1955 to 1974 - University of Virginia 1936
• William L. Terry - U.S. Congressman, Arkansas 1891 to 1901 - Duke University 1872
• William Randolph Carpenter - U.S. Congressman, Kansas 1933 to 1937 - University of Michigan 1917
• William R. Ratchford - U.S. Congressman, Connecticut 1979 to 1985 - University of Connecticut 1956
• William Shearer Stenger - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania 1875 to 1879 - Franklin & Marshall 1858
• William T. Pheiffer - U.S. Congressman, New York 1941 to 1943 and Ambassador to Dominican Republic 1953 to 1957 - University of Southern California 1919

Federal Political Appointees (12)

• Dan Amstutz - Ambassador-at-large for Agricultural and Trade Development - Ohio State University 1954
• Dr. Hugh S. Cumming - see Medical
• Franklin Knight Lane - Secretary of the Interior 1913 to 1920 - University of California 1886
• Eugene R. Black - see Other Businesses
• Lyle Franklin Lane - Principal Officer of U.S. Interests, Cuba 1977 to 1979; Ambassador to Uruguay 1979 to 1980 and Ambassador to Paraguay 1980 to 1982 - University of Washington 1950
• R. Walton Moore - see U.S. Congressmen
• Thomas F. Stroock - Ambassador to Guatemala 1989 to 1992 - Yale University 1948
• William Barret Ridgely - Comptroller of the Currency 1901 to 1908 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1879
• William B. Saxbe - see U.S. Senators
• William T. Pheiffer - see U.S. Congressmen

State Senators (2)

• William Washington Vance - Senator for Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes in Louisiana, 1886 to 1892
• Chris Walters - Senator for West Virginia District 08 2012 to Present - West Virginia University 2010

Mayors (6)

• Bob McWhorter - Mayor of Athens, Georgia 1940 to 1947 - See College Football Hall of Fame
• Eugene Herbert Clay - Mayor of Marietta, Georgia 1910 to 1911 - University of Georgia 1903
• John Humphrey Small - Mayor of Washington, North Carolina 1889 to 1890 - See U.S. Congressman
• Peter Meldrim - Mayor of Savannah, Georgia 1897 to 1899 - See American Bar Association
• Vernon W. Thomson - Mayor of Richland Center, Wisconsin 1944 to 1951- See State Governors

Legal

American Bar Association (2)

• Peter Meldrim - President of the American Bar Association - University of Georgia 1868

State Attorneys General (5)

• William A. Schnader - Attorney General, Pennsylvania 1930 to 1935 - Franklin & Marshall College 1904
• William B. Saxbe - see U.S. Senators

State Supreme Court Justices (12)

• Harrie Brigham Chase - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of Vermont - Dartmouth College 1912
• Henry T. Lewis - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia 1897 to 1902 - Emory University
• Hugh L. Nichols - see State Governors & Lt. Governors
• James K. Hines - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia 1922 to 1932 - Emory University
• Jesse G. Bowles, Jr. - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia 1977 to 1981 - University of Georgia
• Leonard A. Flansburg - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of Nebraska 1920 to 1923 University of Nebraska 1904
• Parker Lee McDonald - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Florida 1986 to 1988 - University of Florida 1950
• Pascal C.J. DeAngelis - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of New York 1907 to 1916 - Hobart College
• Samuel B. Adams - Assoc. Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia 1902 - University of Georgia
• Thomas O. Marshall - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia 1986 to 1989 - Emory University
• William A. Vincent - Chief Justice, Territorial Court of New Mexico 1885 - Ohio Wesleyan University 1879
• William Hayes Pope - Chief Justice, Territorial Court of New Mexico 1910 to 1912 - University of Georgia 1889

Medical (6)

• Dr. Hugh S. Cumming - U.S. Surgeon General 1920 to 1936 - University of Virginia 1891

Military (17)

• BGEN Samuel Morse Felton, Jr., USA - Director General of Military Railways and World War I Veteran also see Railroads
• BGEN William W. Atterbury, USA - Director General of Transportation and World War I Veteran also see Railroads
• 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

Sports

Football

College Football Hall of Fame (7)

• 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
• Bobby Davis - Two-time All American, Member of the College Football Hall of Fame and NFL OL - Georgia Institute of Technology 1948
• Earle Bruce - Head Football Coach, Ohio State and Member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Ohio State University 1953
• Edward Mylin - College Coach and Member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Franklin & Marshall College 1916
• Frank "Dutch" Schwab - Two-time All American DG and Member of the College Hall of Fame - Lafayette College 1923
• William Roper (football) - Head Football Coach, Princeton and Member of the College Football Hall of Fame - Lehigh University 1902

Other College Players (8)

• Paul Duke (American football) - All American, All SEC and NFL OL - Georgia Institute of Technology 1946

NFL Management, Owners & Players (11)

• Bucky Dilts - Three year NFL Punter - University of Georgia 1977
• George Young (football executive) - Longtime GM of New York Giants - Bucknell University 1952
• Rankin M. Smith, Sr. - Owner of Atlanta Falcons 1965 to 2001 - University of Georgia 1946
• Taz Anderson - Seven-year NFL TE (St. Louis & Atlanta) and 1961 NFL Rookie of the Year - Georgia Institute of Technology 1961
• Tommy O'Connell - All-American QB and NFL Leading Passer 1957 - University of Illinois 1953
• Warren Alfson - Two-time All American and NFL OL - University of Nebraska 1941
• Ross Scheuerman - NFL Free Agent RB - Lafayette College 2015

Other Sports (13)

Baseball

• Chuck Cary - MLB pitcher played from 1985 to 1993 for Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals - University of California 1981
• Lawrence "Crash" Davis - MLB Player and real life "Crash" Davis of "Bull Durham" movie - Duke University 1940

Olympics

• Adolph Kiefer - Gold Medalist in 100M backstroke in 1936 Olympics - University of Texas 1940
• Greg Barton - Double Gold Medalist, 1988 Olympics in Kayaking (K1 & K2 1000 meters) and four time World Champion - University of Michigan 1983

Tennis

• Dan Magill - Legendary Hall of Fame Coach at the University of Georgia from 1954 to 1988 - University of Georgia 1946