# List of Chi Psi members

Following is a list of Chi Psi members that includes notable initiates of Chi Psi.

## Academics and museums

* Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans
* William Miller Collier, President of George Washington University, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile
* Kirk Johnson, paleontologist, author, curator, museum administrator, and Sant Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

## Art and architecture

* Temple Hoyne Buell, architect
* Charles Luckman, architect of Madison Square Garden, among other projects

## Business

* James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills
* Mark Bingham, public relations executive and one of the members of Flight 93 credited with trying to thwart September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by overpowering the hijackers.
* Clarence Birdseye, inventor of frozen food products
* Daniel Burke, former President and Chairman of the RT French Company (i.e., "French's Mustard")
* Steve Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America
* Robert Hugh Daniel, founder of Daniel International Corporation
* David Gardner, founder of The Motley Fool
* Richard Jenrette, founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
* Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr. – Former President of S.C. Johnson & Son
* Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.C. Johnson & Son from 1967–1988
* Herbert Fisk Johnson III – Current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.C. Johnson & Son
* Edmund C. Lynch Jr., son to co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch
* Paul Mellon, banker, philanthropist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
* Charles Edward Merrill, co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch
* John Sargent Pillsbury Sr., businessman and industrialist known for his role as CEO at Pillsbury Company
* Rufus Rand, president of the Minneapolis Gas Company
* Kemmons Wilson, founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels

## Clergy

* Joshua Young, D.D. (1823–1904), Unitarian minister of national renown, abolitionist

## Entertainment

* Eddie Albert, actor known for his role on Green Acres
* Buddy Ebsen, actor known for The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones
* John Gavin, actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and United States Ambassador to Mexico
* Paul Lieberstein, actor best known for his role on the American version of The Office
* Jerry Mathers (Delta Delta, 1977) actor best known for his role on Leave It to Beaver
* Steve Miller, musician known for the Steve Miller Band
* Boz Scaggs, musician
* Fred Weller, movie, television, and stage actor
* Van Earl Wright, sportscaster

## Government

* Richard Helms, 8th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
* Stansfield Turner, 12th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and United States Navy Admiral

## Law

* Albert S. Bard, lawyer and civic activist, 4th president of Chi Psi
* Melville Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States
* William Henry Gates Sr., attorney, philanthropist, and father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
* Elbridge Thomas Gerry, lawyer, reformer, and second president of Chi Psi
* Randolph D. Moss, former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; established the legal justification for the targeted killing of terrorist leaders in foreign lands.
* Thomas Tongue, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

## Literature and journalism

* Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans
* Taylor Branch, magazine editor and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King
* Lee Hawkins, author, journalist, musician
* Kenneth Roberts, historical novelist
* Clinton Scollard, poet and writer of fiction in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
* Richard Wilbur, poet, two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

## Military

* Captain Morris Brown Jr., Medal of Honor recipient
* James Chatham Duane, United States Army Brigadier General, one of Chi Psi's national founders; US Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers from October 1886, to June 1888
* Ross T. Dwyer, United States Marine Corps Major General
* Daniel W. Hand, U.S. Army brigadier general
* Robert E. Kelley, United States Air Force General and former Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
* George E. Leach, major general in the United States Army and two-time Republican Mayor of Minneapolis
* Henry Martyn Porter, Colonel in the Vermont Infantry and Provost Marshal for the city of New Orleans
* Philip Spencer, a Chi Psi's national founder and the center of the alleged incident of mutiny aboard the USS Somers; hanged at sea without a court-martial.
* Stansfield Turner, United States Navy Admiral and director of the Central Intelligence Agency

## Politics

* Albert II, Prince of Monaco
* Nicholas F. Brady, United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Horatio C. Burchard, United States Congressman from Illinois, 13th Director of the United States Mint, and father of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
* Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota
* Sean Casten, United States Congressman from Illinois
* William Miller Collier, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile, and the president of George Washington University.
* Roy A. Cooper, North Carolina Attorney General and later Governor of North Carolina
* Jim Cooper, United States Congressman from Tennessee
* Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota
* John Gavin, United States Ambassador to Mexico, actor, and president of the Screen Actors Guild
* H. John Heinz III, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
* John Newton Hungerford, United States Congressman from New York
* Richard Lamm, Governor of Colorado
* Julius Sterling Morton, 3rd Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture
* William Proxmire, United States Senator from Wisconsin
* Thomas Brackett Reed, 36th and 38th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* William Scranton, Governor of Pennsylvania and 38th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
* Edward S. Walker Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the UAE; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.

## Sports

* Bill Belichick, National Football League Head Coach, New England Patriots
* Buzz Calkins, IRL driver
* Russ Francis, National Football League tight end, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers, 3-time Pro-Bowler
* Buckshot Jones, NASCAR driver
* Waite Hoyt, New York Yankees pitcher, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
* Edwin W. Lee, college football player and coach, attorney, state court judge
* Eric Mangini, National Football League Head Coach, Cleveland Browns
* Hugh McElhenny, NFL running back, Hall of Famer
* Rob Oppenheim, PGA TOUR professional golfer
* Augie Pabst III, race car driver
* Vic Seixas, professional tennis player, Davis Cup winner
* Paul Arthur Sorg, famous horseman of the early 1900s, multi-millionaire, banker, paper mfg.
* Lake Speed, stock car racing driver
* Jeff Torborg, Major League Baseball catcher and manager