# List of Phi Gamma Delta members

Over the years, many members of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta (also known as FIJI) have gained notability in their chosen fields. Examples include one U.S. President (Calvin Coolidge), four U.S. Vice Presidents, eleven Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, five Medal of Honor recipients, six Pulitzer Prize winners, two Nobel Prize winners, over 80 competitors in the Olympic Games (of which at least 28 Fijis have won at least 37 medals), and at least seven billionaires.

## Academia

* Jere Morehead (University of Georgia, 1988); President of University of Georgia
* William Lambdin Prather (Washington and Lee, 1871); President of University of Texas; originator of the phrase "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You"
* Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (Tennessee, 1904): professor of Modern European History at the University of Chicago and winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for History
* James J. Stukel (Purdue University): 15th President, University of Illinois

## Business

* Samuel G. Allen, railroad industrialist
* John W. Creighton Jr. (University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University, 1954), president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser and president of the Boy Scouts of America
* John C. Cushman III (Colgate University, 1963), real estate executive, chairman of the board of Cushman & Wakefield, and president of the Boy Scouts of America
* Thomas Dundon (SMU, 1993): Owner of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League
* Stu Evey (Washington, 1956): former Chairman of the Board of ESPN
* Giovanni Feroce (University of Rhode Island, 1991): former CEO of Alex and Ani; current CEO of Benrus
* Jess Jackson (California, 1952): wine entrepreneur; namesake of Kendall-Jackson winery and majority owner of Curlin, the 2007 Preakness Stakes winner, 2007 Belmont Stakes second-place finisher, and 2007 Kentucky Derby third-place finisher
* Fritz Henderson (Michigan, 1980): President and CEO of General Motors
* Philip Knight (Oregon, 1959): co-founder, owner and president of Nike Corporation; billionaire
* Josiah K. Lilly III (Cornell, 1939): philanthropist; Lilly Endowment and heir to Eli Lilly and Company
* Edmund C. Lynch (Johns Hopkins University, 1907): a founder of the Merrill Lynch investment company
* Patrick McGovern (MIT, 1959): Chairman of the Board of International Data Group; founder of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research; billionaire
* Nelson Peltz, billionaire businessman and investor
* Charles E. Rushmore (College of the City of New York, 1876): businessman, philanthropist, donor, and namesake of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial
* Tom Ryan (Rhode Island, 1975): President and CEO of CVS
* Donald Trump Jr. (University of Pennsylvania): EVP of The Trump Organization
* Alfred J. Verrecchia (Rhode Island, 1965): Chairman of the Board of Hasbro Inc.
* Kessel Stelling (Georgia, 1978): Chairman of the Board & CEO of Synovus Bank
* Byron Trott (University of Chicago, 1981): founder, chairman, and CEO of BDT Capital Partners
* Charlie Ergen (University of Tennessee, 1975): co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar; billionaire

## Entertainment

* Roone Arledge (Columbia, 1952): former President of ABC News and Sports; first producer of Wide World of Sports; creator of Monday Night Football, 20/20, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, This Week, and Primetime Live; won 37 Emmy Awards; is in the Television Hall of Fame
* Scott Bakula (Kansas, 1977): actor, Quantum Leap, Murphy Brown, and Star Trek: Enterprise
* William Jan Berry (UCLA, 1963): singer and guitar player, "surfer sound" duo Jan and Dean
* Holden Bowler (University of Idaho, 1931): singer in the Robert Shaw Chorale; namesake of J. D. Salinger's character Holden Caulfield
* Dick Carson (University of Nebraska, 1949): television director
* Johnny Carson (Nebraska, 1949): former host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* David H. DePatie (Sewanee, 1951): film producer; producer of animated cartoons
* Radney Foster (Sewanee, 1982): country music singer/songwriter
* Matthew C. Fox (Columbia, 1989): actor known for Party of Five and Lost
* Jim Gaffigan (Purdue University, 1987): comedian
* Major Garrett (University of Missouri): Chief White House Correspondent with CBS News
* Bill Geist (Illinois, 1967):Emmy Award-winning journalist and contributor to CBS Sunday Morning
* Samuel S. Hinds (New York University, 1897): actor known for It's A Wonderful Life
* Jason Isbell (University of Memphis), : rock and alt-country singer/songwriter; member of Drive-By Truckers and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
* Richard Jenkins (Illinois Wesleyan University), actor known for Step Brothers and Six Feet Under
* Rob Johnson (DePauw University): Emmy Award-winning news anchor
* Paul Kangas (Michigan, 1959): anchor and commentator on Nightly Business Report
* Brian Lamb (Purdue, 1963): founder and host of C-SPAN, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* Dan Mangan (University of British Columbia, 2005), Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter
* Paul McDonald (Auburn), musician; American Idol season 10
* Bob McGrath (Michigan, 1954); played Bob on Sesame Street
* Seth Meyers (Northwestern University, 1996): cast member and head writer of Saturday Night Live, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers
* Ralph Morgan (Columbia, 1904): actor; co-founder, charter member and first president of the Screen Actors Guild
* Luis Moro (Rutgers University 1987), actor, filmmaker, writer, best known for the film Love and Suicide
* Cory Morrow (Texas Tech, 1990): country singer/songwriter
* Dermot Mulroney (Northwestern University, 1985): actor known for My Best Friend's Wedding, The Wedding Date, and The Family Stone
* Dave Revsine (Northwestern University, 1991): sportscaster for ESPN
* Rob Riggle (University of Kansas): actor, comedian, The Hangover, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Saturday Night Live
* John Ritter (Southern California, 1970): actor, Three's Company, Hearts Afire and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
* Morgan Spurlock (NYU, 1993): independent movie director, creator of Super Size Me
* McLean Stevenson (Northwestern University, 1948): Actor, M*A*S*H.
* Duke Tumatoe (Illinois, 1969): former guitarist for REO Speedwagon

## Law

* Robert Bork (University of Chicago): Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982–1988; United States Attorney General, October 20, 1973 – December 17, 1973
* Neil M. Gorsuch (Columbia, 1988): judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 2017
* Frank Iacobucci (British Columbia, 1962): former Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
* Byron White (University of Colorado, 1938): ; College Football Hall of Fame; United States Supreme Court Justice, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

## Literature and journalism

* Ken Blanchard (Cornell, 1961): management consultant; author of The One Minute Manager
* Will Cuppy (Chicago, 1907): humorist, author of The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody
* Thomas A. Desjardin (Florida State, 1986): author and Civil War scholar
* Douglas Southall Freeman (University of Richmond, 1904): winner of the Pulizer Prize for Biography in 1935 for R. E. Lee and 1958 for George Washington, Volumes I – VI
* John Gottschalk (Nebraska, 1965), chief executive officer and publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and was the national president of the Boy Scouts of America
* David Hall (Tennessee, 1965): awarded the Pulizer Prize along with the Denver Post in 1986 for in-depth reporting on missing children.
* Haynes B. Johnson (Missouri, 1952): winner of the Pulizer Prize 1966 for his work in the Washington Evening Star covering the civil rights crisis in Selma, Alabama
* Jack Kerouac (Columbia): author
* Ross Lockridge Jr. (Indiana, 1935): novelist, author of Raintree County
* Frank Norris (California, 1894): journalist and novelist, author of The Octopus: A Story of California and McTeague
* Tom Peters (Cornell University, 1964): author of In Search of Excellence
* Lew Wallace (Depauw, 1868) author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, diplomat
* E. B. White (Cornell, 1921): novelist, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, winner of the Pulizer Prize in 1978 under Special Awards and Citations, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* D. Harlan Wilson (Wittenberg University, 1993): author and professor
* Robert U. Woodward (Yale, 1965): assistant managing editor of The Washington Post; awarded the Pulitzer Prize along with the entire staff of the Washington Post in 1973 for coverage of the Watergate crisis

## Military

* Sidney Johnson Brooks Jr. (Texas, 1918 and Kansas, 1919): namesake of Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio
* Clovis E. Byers (Ohio State, 1921): United States Army major general, Chief of Staff, Eighth US Army.
* Tedford H. Cann (CCNY, 1920): champion American swimmer and a recipient the Medal of Honor Seaman, USN
* Marcellus H. Chiles (Colorado College, 1916): recipient of the Medal of Honor; Captain, USA
* William J. Crowe (Oklahoma, 1946): United States Navy admiral, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1985–1989); Ambassador to Great Britain.
* George Decker (Lafayette, 1924): United States Army general, Chief of Staff, United States Army (1960–1962).
* Robert L. Eichelberger (Ohio State, 1907): United States Army general, superintendent of West Point; commander of the Eighth US Army in the South West Pacific theater in World War II.
* Bruce K. Holloway (Tennessee, 1933): United States Air Force general, member and commander of the Flying Tigers, commanded USAFE, Vice Chief of Staff, USAF and Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Air Command.
* LeRoy P. Hunt (California, 1914): United States Marine Corps major general; Commander, 5th Marines at the battle of Guadalcanal
* Albert G. Jenkins (Jefferson College, 1848): Confederate Cavalry Brigade General and delegate to the first Confederate Congress.
* George H. Ramer (Bucknell, 1950): recipient of the Medal of Honor; 2nd Lieutenant, USMC Reserve
* Robert D. Reilly Jr. (Washington, 1975): United States Navy RADM; commander of Military Sealift Command; former Commander of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group

## Politics

* Victor G. Atiyeh (Oregon, 1945): former Governor of Oregon
* Newton D. Baker (Johns Hopkins, 1892): former Secretary of War
* Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (Occidental, 1938): U.S. House of Representatives
* Calvin Coolidge (Amherst, 1895): 30th President of the United States of America and 29th Vice President of the United States
* William J. Crowe Jr. (Oklahoma, 1946): former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* Ed Edmondson (Oklahoma, 1940): U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 1953-1973
* J. Howard Edmondson (Oklahoma, 1946): 16th Governor of Oklahoma; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
* Charles W. Fairbanks (Ohio Wesleyan, 1872): 26th Vice President of the United States; namesake of Fairbanks, Alaska
* David Hall (Oklahoma, 1952): 20th Governor of Oklahoma
* Dave Hancock (University of Alberta, 1972): former Premier of Alberta
* Eric Holcomb (Hanover College, 1990): Governor of Indiana
* John N. Hostettler (Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology, 1983): former U.S. House of Representatives
* Bob Kerrey (Nebraska, 1965): U.S. Senator, Nebraska (1989-2001);Governor of Nebraska, Medal of Honor recipient USN Reserve SEAL Team
* Herbert H. Lehman (Williams College, 1899): Governor of New York, United States Senator, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* Thomas R. Marshall (Wabash, 1873): 28th Vice President of the United States
* Bob Mathias (Stanford, 1953): United States Congressman and two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1948 and 1952)
* Robert S. McNamara (California, 1937): former United States Secretary of Defense and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* William Yoast Morgan (University of Kansas, 1885): Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
* Frank O'Bannon (Indiana, 1952): former Governor of Indiana
* Mike Pence (Hanover College, 1981): Vice President of the United States of America; Governor of Indiana; United States House of Representatives
* Jared Polis (Princeton University, 1996): Governor of Colorado; U.S. House of Representatives
* Jim Prentice (University of Alberta, 1976): former Premier of Alberta; former Minister within the federal Canadian cabinet
* Donald Randall Richberg (University of Chicago, 1901): head of the National Recovery Administration
* Joseph H. Thompson (Pittsburgh, 1905): Pennsylvania state senator, head football coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Medal of Honor; Major, USA
* Charles Thone (University of Nebraska): former Governor of Nebraska
* Zebulan Vance (University of North Carolina), Governor of North Carolina, United States Senate
* Lew Wallace (Depauw, 1868) Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, diplomat, and author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

## Religion

* Edmond Browning (Sewanee, 1952): 24th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
* Norman Vincent Peale (Ohio Wesleyan, 1920): theologian; author of The Power of Positive Thinking, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

## Science and medicine

* Luis Walter Alvarez (Chicago, 1932): Nobel Prize winner, Physics, 1968.
* Eugene Cernan (Purdue, 1956): astronaut, Gemini and Apollo space programs; last man to walk on the Moon
* Malcolm Renfrew (Idaho, 1932): polymer chemist, Teflon development
* Frederick Chapman Robbins (Missouri, 1936): awarded, along with two other colleagues, the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* Jack Swigert (Colorado, 1953): astronaut, Apollo program, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

## Sports

* Roone Arledge (Columbia, 1952), United States Olympic Hall of Fame
* Chuck Armstrong (Purdue, 1964): President and COO of the Seattle Mariners
* Francis "Reds" Bagnell (Pennsylvania, 1951): College Football Hall of Fame inducted 1977
* Sal Bando (Arizona State, 1966): professional baseball player with the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers; General Manager of the Milwaukee Brewers
* Ormand Beach (Kansas, 1933), Canadian Football Hall of Fame
* Clay Bennett (Oklahoma, 1981): Chairman of the Professional Basketball Club; owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder professional basketball team; billionaire
* Eric Bjornson (Washington, 1994), professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XXX (won) (1995)
* Tom Brookshier (University of Colorado, 1953): Professional Football Player, Jersey #40 retired by Philadelphia Eagles (1953-1961); 1960 National Football League championship and later teamed with Pat Summerall as CBS’s No. 1 professional football broadcasting duo, Super Bowl (won) (1960) (before AFL–NFL merger)
* Howard Cann (NYU, 1918), Basketball Hall of Fame
* John Cappelletti (Penn State 1974): Professional football player; winner of the Heisman Trophy; member of the College Football Hall of Fame
* Clifford Carlson (Pittsburgh, 1918), Basketball Hall of Fame
* Keith Carney (University of Maine, 1991): professional hockey player for Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, and the Minnesota Wild
* Skip Caray (Missouri, 1961): Announcer, Atlanta Braves
* Jimmy Cefalo (Penn State, 1978): professional football player with the Miami Dolphins Super Bowl XVII (lost) (1983) and Super Bowl XIX (lost) (1985)
* Earl "Dutch" Clark (Colorado College, 1933): Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted 1963
* Meredith Colket (University of Pennsylvania), 1901 B.S., 1904 LL.B, Olympic silver medal winner in the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics
* Morgan Cox (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2010): professional football player with the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII (won) (2012)
* Billy Cundiff (Drake University, 2002): Professional football player, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns
* Wes Cutler (Toronto, 1933), Canadian Football Hall of Fame
* Riki Ellison (Southern California, 1982): professional football player with the San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XIX (won) (1985); Super Bowl XXIII (won) (1989); and, Super Bowl XXIV (won) (1990)
* William Beattie Feathers (Tennessee, 1934): College Football Hall of Fame inducted 1955
* Tim Finchem (Richmond, 1969): PGA Tour commissioner
* Tim Foley (Purdue 1969): professional football player with the Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VI (won) (1972), Super Bowl VII (won) (1973), and Super Bowl V (lost)(1971)
* Tony Gabriel (Syracuse, 1971), Canadian Football Hall of Fame
* Brian Griese (Michigan, 1997): professional football player with the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Chicago Bears; played with the Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII (won) (1999)
* Charles W. "Chic" Harley (Ohio State, 1919): College Football Hall of Fame inducted in the first class, 1951
* E. J. Holub (Texas Tech, 1961): professional football player, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs; AFL All-Star, and College Football Hall of Fame, and played with the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl I(lost) (1967) and Super Bowl IV (won) (in 1970)
* Mike Huff (Northwestern University, 1985): professional baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays
* Marcus Hurley (Columbia, 1908), United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
* Chuck Hyatt (Pittsburgh, 1930), Basketball Hall of Fame
* Hale Irwin (Colorado, 1967): professional golfer; member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
* Bob Konovsky (Wisconsin, 1956), National Wrestling Hall of Fame
* Ron Lancaster (Wittenberg, 1960), Canadian Football Hall of Fame
* Myles Lane (Dartmouth, 1928): College Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1970
* Mark Loretta (Northwestern University, 1993): professional baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox; winner of the Hutch Award
* Christy Mathewson (Bucknell, 1902): professional baseball player; member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* Bob Mathias (Stanford, 1953): two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1948 and 1952); United States Congressman, and United States Olympic Hall of Fame
* Tom Matte (Ohio State, 1961): professional football player with the Baltimore Colts Super Bowl III (lost) (1969) and Super Bowl V (won) (1971)
* Gene McEver (Tennessee, 1931):College Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1954
* Hugh Millen (Washington, 1986): professional football player with the Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and Denver Broncos
* William K. Morrill Jr. (Johns Hopkins, 1959), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
* Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State, 1961): professional golfer; World Golf Hall of Fame, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* Peter O'Malley (University of Pennsylvania): former President and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Jerry Pate (Alabama, 1974): professional golfer; winner, 1976 U.S. Open
* Clancy Pendergast (University of Arizona, 1990): NFL and NCAA football coach
* Roger Penske (Lehigh, 1959): co-founder of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART); owner of Penske Racing; winner of 15 Indianapolis 500s and 9 CART points titles; billionaire
* Mike Peplowski (Michigan State University, 1993): NBA basketball player for the Sacramento Kings and Detroit Pistons
* Bobby Rahal (Denison University, 1975): race car driver; winner of the Indianapolis 500
* William Reid (Colgate, 1918), Basketball Hall of Fame
* Les Richter (California @ Berkeley, 1952): College Football Hall of Fame inducted 1982
* Greg Schiano (Bucknell, 1988): head coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team
* William C. Schmeisser (Johns Hopkins, 1902), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
* Howell Scobey (Lehigh, 1936), National Wrestling Hall of Fame
* Denny Shute (Western Reserve 1927): professional golfer; member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
* Dean Smith (Kansas, 1953): former North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball coach; member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
* Rufus Smith: professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers
* Bill Snyder (William Jewell, 1963): former Kansas State Wildcats football coach; member of the College Football Hall of Fame
* Robert Steele (North Alabama, 1977): professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XII (won) (1978)
* Payne Stewart (Southern Methodist, 1979): professional golfer; member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
* Matt Suhey (Penn State, 1980): professional football player with the Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX (won) (1986)
* Edwin Sweetland (Cornell, 1899): first salaried basketball coach of the Kentucky Wildcats; head football coach at Syracuse, Ohio State, Colgate, Kentucky, Miami University, West Virginia, and Tulane
* Joseph H. Thompson (Pittsburgh, 1905): Pennsylvania state senator, head football coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Medal of Honor; Major
* Oswald Tower (Williams, 1907), Basketball Hall of Fame
* Bake Turner (Texas Tech, 1962): professional football player with the New York Jets Super Bowl III (won) (1969)
* Roger Wehrli (Missouri, 1968): College Football Hall of Fame inducted 2003 and Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted 2007
* Byron R. White (University of Colorado, 1938), College Football Hall of Fame
* Percy Williams (British Columbia, 1928): Olympic sprinter; gold medalist
* Matthew Wolff (Oklahoma State 2018) ; PGA golfer
* Tom Yawkey (Yale University, 1925): owner, Boston Red Sox, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame